Safak Pavey is a Turkish MP of the main opposition social democrat party, CHP. She has worked for the UNHRC, and also works in the fields of humanitarian aid and peace-building. She was recently honoured with the “Secularist of the Year” award by the National Secular Society (NSS).
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Published in: 50.50The rise of political Islam in Turkey: how the west got it wrongOnly western pundits could have nurtured the hope that someone with strong loyalties to Sharia would also abide by...