1 Season
8 Episode
Explore - Season 1 Episode 6 Turkey on the Edge
British Muslim Adil Ray visits Turkey, where the role of Islam in everyday life and politics is the most pressing issue. From a pro-alcohol protest in Istanbul to an Islamic wild boar hunt in the forests, Adil encounters an unfamiliar strand of secular Islam that has a long tradition in Turkey. Yet a more conservative Islam, centred in the country's Asian heartland, is now coming to the fore through the current AKP government, and the country is in a state of flux. Public protests, allegations of coup plots and court cases around the right to wear headscarves lead to fears for Turkey's future.
- Year: 2009
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Genre: Documentary, News
- Studio: BBC Two
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- Cast: Simon Reeve
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