Something about The Ottomans and The Turks

[GeneralTacticus]

Tell me this. . . How did Turkey manage to become the only true SECULAR non-religious Muslim state in the region? And don't say "Ataturk did it". I want to how he was ABLE to do it without any subsequent Muslim revolt.

AFAIK, Syria, Iraq and Egypt are reasonably secular as well.

[Gauke]

Hi!

Now I'm better(still can't use my right arm though) and now I'll answer your questions one by one:

First Wernazuma III's question:

What do you think of your country abandoning Death penalty?

My answer:

I was happy about it cos I don't like when they use capital punishment. There are some ppl who didnot want it to be abandoned but it was. And it was needed for Turkey to be a member of the European Community.

Coracle's question:

Tell me this. . . How did Turkey manage to become the only true SECULAR non-religious Muslim state in the region? And don't say "Ataturk did it". I want to how he was ABLE to do it without any subsequent Muslim revolt.

Oh yes. Please use PARAGRAPHS.

My answer:

Could you please ask in different words? I didn't understand your question. Sorry

And about using PARAGRAPHS, I was in a hurry when I posted that so I couldn't seperate the article into PARAGRAPHS.

JohnM2433's question:

Doesn't Horseback Riding require the Wheel and Warrior Code? It at least requires The Wheel, unless you change the tech tree. Maybe you mean the Wheel instead of Horseback Riding.


My answer: Yes I was wrong. It should be The Wheel instead of HR.

XarXo's question:

I've a question: What about kurds?

Somebody told me that in the threaty ok divison of the Ottoman Empire there was a place for kurds (Kurdistan), but at least Babylon (Iraq), Persia (Iran) and Turkey absorbed and divided the territory for themselves (they are all great countries and kurdish are a typycal mid-asian nomadic people).

Is this true?

My answer:

I think yes. That is true if I'm not wrong. They live in the south-east of Turkey most. They speak Turkish but mostly their own language Kurdish. In Turkey they can make broadcasts in their own language. And if you are a Turk, you can learn Kurdish if you want.

That's all

If you have more questions, feel free to ask.

Thanks to you all!

[DarkTori]

Originally posted by Coracle
Great job, Gauke.

Tell me this. . . How did Turkey manage to become the only true SECULAR non-religious Muslim state in the region? And don't say "Ataturk did it". I want to how he was ABLE to do it without any subsequent Muslim revolt.

I am doing some personal research on the end of the Ottoman Empire and at least two factors it this.

The first is that the Ottomans were heavly infuenced by Europe, and as history took thier toll on the Ottomans more ideas from Europe influenced the population and the government. Because of this Turkey is in between two cultures throughout history and is more able to take from both (thus it is another democratic state besides Israel)

Second is that towards the end of the Ottoman period many government officials were "non-religious" or even athiest and tried to impliment policies that were "against Islam" (that was the thinking of the time when people were more conservative) but tried to ease the population into it.

I hope that this may answer your question.

I'm really happy that they added the Ottomans into the game (and the mongols).

-Ocean