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In response to the call by Alevi associations, a rally took place at Kadıköy with demands for "Secular education, humane living, democratic Turkey." The gathered crowd protested against the implementation of the ÇEDES project in which religious officials are appointed as "spiritual counselors" in schools.

"We would like to make the preparations for the Constitution together with all political parties," the president has said.

After a columnist made a call for “Caliphate”, ruling AKP Spokesperson Çelik has said, “The Republic of Turkey is a democratic, secular and social state of law. With these qualities, our Republic is the shared roof of us all."

Detained for reading out a statement at Dokuz Eylül University calling for secularism, which was shown as a ground for arrest of People’s House members Dışkaya and Başar, seven students have been released.

Turkey has defended Syria’s territorial integrity and the need for a secular framework from the beginning, says Minister of Foreign Affairs Cavuşoğlu

Objections arise from opposition parties and the AKP on words of Parliamentary Speaker Kahraman saying “Secularism shouldn’t be included in the constitution”. Enlightenment Against Bigotry Movement and Joint June Movement have held a marching to the Parliament.

Parliamentary Speaker Kahraman stating secularism shouldn’t be included in the constitution called for a religious constitution.

Ninety years since the establishment of the Republic, in an ever more complex society, the limitations and contradictions of Turkish national identity are coming to the fore more and more.