Secular Turks fear that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has a secret agenda to impose Islamic law on Turkey.
Hundreds of thousands of pro-secular Turks flooded central Istanbul on Sunday to demand the resignation of the government, which they fear is leading Turkey toward Islamic rule.
The possibility of an observant Muslim president is pitting Turkey's deeply secular military and civilian establishment against its religiously oriented ruling party in a fundamental struggle over national identity.
A rally Sunday backed a secular Turkey. The military weighed in, warning against Islamization.
Analysis: Secular, Religious Face Off in Turkey in Fundamental Clash Over National Identity
At least 700,000 people marched today in a massive protest against the possible election of an observant Muslim as president, a conflict that is pitting Turkey's religiously oriented ruling party against the deeply secular military and civilian establishment.
Almost three-quarters of a million Turks waving the red national flag flooded central Istanbul to demand the resignation of the government, saying the Islamic roots of Turkey's leaders threaten to destroy the country's modern foundations.
Turkey's constitutional court will today begin hearing an appeal by opposition leaders seeking to derail the appointment of a new president, as a clash between the government and the armed forces threatens to bring about the country's most serious political crisis in a decade.
A northeast Iowa hunting trip has landed a Davenport man in the hospital after he was accidentally shot. It happened north of Waukon around 6am. DNR officials say Shane Emmert was returning to his vehicle when he was mistaken for a turkey and shot by his grandfather.
As Turkey ponders a military incursion into northern Iraq to attack Kurdish rebel bases just beyond its border, the US has begun warning Ankara to learn a lesson from what some officials in Washington are starting to call Israel’s “strategic de-feat” in Lebanon under similar circumstances last summer.