Tag: founder of secular Turkish Republic

Top-Down To Bottom-Up: Unmaking Of Ataturk And Making Of Erdogan’s Turkey

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk founded the Turkish Republic and shaped it through top-down Westernization and the suppression of religious citizens

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan overcame decades-old domination of secularists, who saw themselves as the guardians of the secular Turkish Republic Mustafa Kemal Ataturk founded and shaped through sweeping top-down Westernization and suppression of religious citizens

Saraswati: Hindu Centrepiece of Muslim Indonesia’s Embassy

A statue of Hindu Goddess Saraswati was installed at the embassy of the world's most populous Muslim country in 2013 in Washington DC as a symbol of religious freedom in Indonesia, which is governed by principles of humanitarianism and democracy