In recent years, most discussion on the topic of secularism and political legitimacy┬áhas centered on the United States. Some relevant examples that have shaped the┬ácurrent debate over religious exemptions to legitimate secular law include the┬ácontroversial Yoder decision, limited exemptions from federal drug laws, as well as┬áexemptions from various forms of military service…┬áWhile we will use as background familiar liberal claims about secularism and┬álegitimacy as they are applied to the American context, the focus of the following┬ádiscussion will be on contemporary Turkey…
