secularism in Turkey

Over the last century, there has been a strong tradition of secularism in Turkey. The Republic of Turkey is a secular state since its establishment in 1923 under the Kemalist ideology and Atatürk's Reforms. Although an overwhelming majority of the population, at least nominally, adheres to Islam, the state neither has an official religion nor promotes any, and it actively monitors ("active neutrality") the area between the religions. The practice of Turkish Laïcité, established around the concept of "public reason", claims that activities falling outside of the private sphere should be secular.
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