@iCallumJB Islam is completely ripping Turkey apart rn. Islamists have been the biggest threat to Turkey’s stability since its creation

— Pozeidon (@p_ozeidon) January 1, 2017

Did you even know that the Turkish military had no problem courting Islamists in the 1980s against secular Marxist groups? https://t.co/ww0Ovzpzx4

— دانیال (@danja84) January 1, 2017

It’s amazing how many of these “secular Turks” who venerate their own military as a vanguard for Turkish secuarlism conveniently forget one blight in their country’s history.

Why is it so hard for many to be convinced that the support for Islamist movements dates back much further than the creation of AKP?