"In the past, Prime Minister Erdogan was saying that he was the imam of Istanbul and that he was against secularism and that someone could not be secular and a Muslim at the same time," Sena Karasipahi, author of Muslims in Modern Turkey, says.
"În trecut, prim-ministrul Erdogan declara că el este imamul Istanbulului, că este împotriva laicismului şi că nu poţi fi laic şi musulman în acelaşi timp", spune Sena Karasipahi, autoarea cărţii Musulmanii în Turcia Modernă.