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I STANBUL (AP) — The Turkish president has hit out at military graduates who took a pro-secular oath during their graduation ceremony, promising that those behind it would be “purged” from ...

Turkish law also allows 17-year-olds to marry ... distrust of the body still remains among secular groups. In recent years Turkey has seen increasing tension between supporters of its secular ...

But state secularism is central to France's national ... It has caused outrage within the Turkish government. Presidential communications director Fahrettin Altun said: "Charlie Hebdo just ...