Is Their Religious Freedom in The Ultra Secular Country of Turkey?

Question

The attempt in Turkey to left the ban on women wearing head scarf to have college education in universities was met by noisy demonstration by about 125,000 die hard secularist fanatics in protest. In Turkey brain washing about erroneously called Ata Turk starts at the age five or six when the Turk kids enter grade schools. By age of 18 when they graduate from high school they are completely brain washed all their lives until the day they die. In the US, Canada, Western Europe and else where there is complete freedom in this regard. Incidentally, the wife of the current president of Turkey although very bright woman was banned all her life from entering university because she wears scarf. In the mean time the fanatic ultra secular Generals of the Turkish army threaten to roll heavy tanks in the major Turkish cities to topple the government if this happens. Few decades ago the army hanged the Turkish prime minister Adnan Mendris after brief trial accusing him of religious tendencies.

Answer 1

No.

Answer 2

you are right about some points. Universities must be free for everybody...there must be free, open minded students. on the other hand, State must be secular. because, in the Ottoman Empire, people lived religious cleavages that destroyed the Ottoman Empire. Actually, understanding of Islam in the world does not fit modern society. so, Islam had been interpret by young ottoman intellectuals who were educated in the west. so, secularism has started since Tanzimat edict 1839...it has long process and finally, Ataturk established Turkish republic and its democratic laws came from the West.  Look at today Muslim countries, and you can understand what I mean.