In claiming that the secularist protesters attacked women wearing headscarves and entered a mosque while carrying alcohol and wearing their shoes, Erdogan is trying to portray them as bad Muslims, and even as enemies of Islam. He is thereby trying to rally Turkey’s pro-Sharia elements to his side, and makes it clear that the conflict … Continue reading Turkey: Erdogan claims protesters “attacked daughters who wear headscarves. They entered Dolmabahce mosque with their beer bottles and their shoes.”