Opposition rallies in Russia

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1 minute ago, Monster34 said:

 

I honestly see no difference between Erdogan and Putin. 

 

Can you please elaborate on the religion issue in Turkey? Because from some media we get an understanding that Turkish society is very divided on the issue of religion: while half of the people prefer a secular state, others wish incorporate the rules of religion into the social institutions. Or is it a wrong depiction?  

Putin, for example, doesn't have such an issue. Surely, most Russian are christians, but the fact is that the majority of people don't give a f*** about religion, and only go to church to baptize children out of sheer habit or for funeral ceremonials. 

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9 minutes ago, SychosSoChic said:

But how does a nation go from Catherine, to Lenin, to Stalin, to Putin

I mean this is a nation that nearly took us all to WWIII

How do the people of Russia keep putting these people in power and making the same mistakes

Should really just go back to college and study political history tbh

Well, technically it wasn't a democratic proccess, so they didn't really get a choice..

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13 minutes ago, bumblebee said:

Can you please elaborate on the religion issue in Turkey? Because from some media we get an understanding that Turkish society is very divided on the issue of religion: while half of the people prefer a secular state, others wish incorporate the rules of religion into the social institutions. Or is it a wrong depiction?  

It is a wrong depiction. Erdogan himself is pro-secularism, publicly defended secularism in countries like Egypt. 

Issue of religion in Turkey is discussion about whether public display of conservative values oppose secular values of the society. 

Before 2009, a women wearing hijab could not enter universities or public buildings, they had to take off their hijab in Turkey. I don't think foreigners understand how serious and strict Turkish understanding of secularism is because Turkish secularists freak out about situations that exist in all secular countries in the world just like hijabi women being allowed in universities or sale of alcohol after midnight. 

When Erdogan's party allowed women to be able to wear hijab in universities, constitutional court started a case against his party on whether they became a centre for anti-secularist activity or not. 

Neither Erdogan nor his party never defended anti-secularism or whatsoever, in opposite, he publicly defended secularism yet he is still a conservative, he's not an atheist liberal obviously.