Last March I was walking past Gezi Park with a Turkish friend at dusk. He had just joined me from prayers and I asked him what he thought about the brewing debate over the park's future. Like most Turkish voters, he is a fan of the country's prime minister, Erdogan. Like most of the country's voters, my friend easily integrates his faith with his daily routines. But he said simply "Istanbul doesn't need another Mosque." He started pointing off in different directions. "There's one there, there and there. And there and there and there. Istanbul needs a park."
There's a common misconception that Turkey's current crisis is
about
a resurgence in political Islam. Some commentators fear that
Turkey's leadership trying assert to Islamize a country that has
been proudly secular for a long time. Some argue that the
#occupygezi crisis is about Islam and the survival of the
republic. But the crisis isn't about an elected leader trying to
inject religion into public policy by building a mosque over the
park where people go for political rallies and romantic strolls.
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