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AKP is an islamist party so Erdogan wanting to raise a youth who is aware of their religious background is perfectly legitimate. Remember, it was the people who elected AKP. They are supportive of this stance since they obviously elected them into parliament. Also exercising democracy doesn't mean that you absolutely have to introduce secularism. Many non-secular countries are democracies and very fine at that, in fact almost every European country is not secular except France and maybe few others. I tried to sum up in the thread i posted above why Turkey has failed to raise democratic standards for a very long time. The prime reason according to my observations is that by alienating/marginalizing a very large portion of the population (Kurds, Muslims etc.) there has been inner conflict which has stunned the development for democracy, no one in their sane mind can deny that.
At least half of the Turkish citizens aren't supporting that stance. Calling Atheists as "junkies" (tinerci) doesn't alieanating/marginalizing a very large portion of the population?
In middle east and Muslim majority countries, without secularism it is impossible to exercise democracy. Simple as that. Don't give me examples from Europe.
The prime reason according to my observations is that by alienating/marginalizing a very large portion of the population (Kurds, Muslims etc.) there has been inner conflict which has stunned the development for democracy, no one in their sane mind can deny that.
But AKP is now doing the same thing to different group of people, but you are denying it...
I wouldn't call your examples contradictions. That's the AKP policies which you dislike not Zulkarneyn, just because he doesn't agree with what you are disagreeing doesn't prove that he is contradicting himself.
Perhaps you don't know the meaning of "contradiction", I don't believe he said words against "rasing religions generations" in one thread and then supported that view. But if he did you better prove it, or else you are making a false accusation once again.
Those are anti-democratic policies of AKP, Zulkarneyn is talking in favor of Democracy but avoiding to see those policies. This is contradiction.