February 2 - ‘Hostility against Sharia is hostility against Islam," says Turkey’s Erdoğan

President Erdoğan poses with a newly graduated imam

Feb 2, 2024. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

 Ankara.

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated that hostility against Sharia law was hostility against Islam as a whole, and called people critical of the Sharia “ignorant,” during a graduation speech at the Religious Affairs (Diyanet) Academy.

 

January 19 - Islamist group chants 'long live Sharia' slogan at Istanbul courthouse

 

Jan 19, 2024. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

 

A Turkish court on Jan. 16 ordered the release of Ahmet Bostancı, who was previously arrested for "insulting Mustafa Kemal Atatürk" after leaving a mosque in protest against prayers for Atatürk on his death anniversary and "making insulting social media posts."