The situation is not at all that different. How long have you lived in Turkiye? I've stayed there for the better part of my life and have excellent contacts with various movers and shakers..... what Turkey is experiencing right now is a result of things that we put into motion in the 90's..... I, also maintain the same line..... Turkey today is what Pakistan was in early 90's...... if AKP stays in power, within five years you'll see it undoing the fabric of Turkish social life that Ataturk knit with his own hands.
I'm not going to get into details, simply because it's a subject that I don't want to get into, but there ARE key differences. First being that Turkey is in a much better position than Pakistan was. Despite what the Russians and Iranians may claim, there is no actual evidence to suggest that Turkey is training extremists, but it is quite evident that the Turks are active in training more secular groups, along with Sunni and ethnic groups that are loyal to Ankara, such as the Turkmen.
Another key difference is that while Pakistan allowed training to stay within Pakistan, Turkey has been insistent on creating a safe zone, in the guise of stopping the flow of refugees. The truth is that Turkey's plan is to use the safe zone to create a place to train and recruit fighters, outside of Turkish territory. Turkey also has a FAR stronger control of it's own borders. Pakistan? Not only did it make the mistake of allowing training within Pakistani territory, it had little to no control over it's own borders, with frequent border raids by soviet and afghan forces. It wasn't until the f-16 came into play that Pakistan skies became relatively safer, but that still didn't stop Afghan/Soviet air raids in Pakistani territory.
Now, I don't mean to offend the Turkish people, but let's be honest, modern Turkey's success has more to do with Erdogan, rather than Ataturk. Outside of his military victories to establish Turkey as an independent state, free of foreign influence and control, his only real accomplishment in Turkish politic was the establishment of a constitutional secularism.
People tend to forget, before AKP came to power, corruption was rampant and the economy was in the shits, not to mention that religious freedom within the halls of government was frowned upon. Turkish society took secularism to mean the absence of religion, rather than what it actually is, neutrality on religion. AKP not only should be credited for turning Turkey's economy around, but making it an economically strong regional power.
Despite the propaganda from the opposition, AKP allowed a lot more religious freedom, still supports a secular government. In fact, when Erdogan went to Egypt to support Morsi, he urged Morsi to turn to secular rule.
These terms "Islamisation" or "Pakistanisation" of Turkey are nothing more than to score points. The comparison is superficial.
One final difference is that unlike Pakistan, who was in it alone to take care of the refugees, Turkey not only has the backing of the US and EU, but is actively pressuring the US and EU by using the refugee issue to help Turkey with its problems. Pakistan never had that opportunity.
Again, no detail, but even looking at it superficially, we can already tell the differences.
