Summary Jan enters Turkey in Istanbul, the old imperial Byzantine and Ottoman capital, but concentrates on Mustafa Kemal 'Atatürk', the father of the modern, strictly secular republic. Here devout Muslims protest against a head-scarf ban, some women even prefer to go study in Christian Europe on account of it. Further inland, to the republican capital Ankara, he checks on various attitudes towards the Koranic pork and alcohol prohibition and visits schools where strict Islamic teaching gets precedence over scientific truth such as evolution. Finally the Alevites, a 20% minority of strange, inconsistent religious and cultural tradition.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Jan Leyers
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Nov 15, 2007
Countries of origin : Belgium
Official sites : Official site
Language : Dutch
Summary Jan enters Turkey in Istanbul, the old imperial Byzantine and Ottoman capital, but concentrates on Mustafa Kemal 'Atatürk', the father of the modern, strictly secular republic. Here devout Muslims protest against a head-scarf ban, some women even prefer to go study in Christian Europe on account of it. Further inland, to the republican capital Ankara, he checks on various attitudes towards the Koranic pork and alcohol prohibition and visits schools where strict Islamic teaching gets precedence over scientific truth such as evolution. Finally the Alevites, a 20% minority of strange, inconsistent religious and cultural tradition.
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Nov 15, 2007
Countries of origin : Belgium
Official sites : Official site
Language : Dutch