Bye Bye Ataturkey!

As per this report by Patrick Martin in the Globe and Mail, secular Turkey is poised to disappear as Islam and sharia make a roaring comeback:

With a double victory in Sunday’s constitutional referendum, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is poised to make sweeping changes in his officially secular, but predominantly Muslim country.

The package of changes was supported by 58 per cent of the 39 million people who voted, paving the way for the government to appoint a large number of high-court judges more in tune with the government’s Islamic tendencies. It also gives Mr. Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) a leg up on next year’s national elections.

“I hadn’t expected him to win by such a large margin,” said Oktay Eksi, a leading columnist for the popular Hurriyet newspaper. “Based on this result, it makes the next election look easy for him,” he said...

No doubt. It also affords a perfect example of how an Islamic "Reformation" works, i.e. backwards, by getting rid of the modern bits and seeking direction and inspiration from those heady early days of Islam's founder and his first few successors. (Like the song goes: Bye, bye Ataturkey/Islamists got you, mate/Bye bye Ataturkey/Hello, caliphate.)