a new turkish republican state the treaty of luzon replace that of seven and recognize the existing borders there would be no kurdish state. the turkish national identity was as nuclear defined. anatolian and sunni muslim the former hard core of the ottoman empire. mustafa kemal wanted to create a modern secular state that put the past behind but just as in the previous century religious identity continued to inform national identity. for the very first time is emerging in the modern era a muslim state that can tell christian states where to stop which it had done that was the achievement of attitude so i think for the republicans the turkish
viewers, you see the bulldozer right in the heart of taksim square. fareed how would you describe this situation that s unfolding? clearly a major crisis for turkey. wolf it s a major crisis. if you want an analogy, this is chicago in 1968. this is a huge culture clash in a democratic country. prime minister erdogan has been elected three times but, remember he has never received more than 50% of the popular vote. the way turkish parliamentary works. you see the anatolian groups that have voted for prime minister erdogan very different from the istanbul more secular, more urban groups over here. so there s a culture clash at work here. we saw it in 1968 in the united