1996 ⟶ Necmettin Erbakan becomes Prime Minister of Turkey

After leading his Welfare Party to a surprise victory in the...
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🇹🇷 Turkey Declared a Secular State

Turkey is declared a secular state.⟶
Turkey Declared a Secular State (1928)
TurkeySecularismLawModernizationIslamKemalismSeparation of church and state
TurkeyTurkey

🇹🇷 Military Coup in Turkey

Military coup in Turkey purges executive, military, judiciary branches and university.⟶
TurkeyMilitary CoupPoliticsGovernance20th CenturySecularismLeadership
TurkeyTurkey

🇹🇷 Necmettin Erbakan becomes Prime Minister of Turkey

After leading his Welfare Party to a surprise victory in the 1995 general elections, Necmettin Erbakan becomes the first pro-Islamic Prime Minister of modern Turkey.⟶
Necmettin Erbakan becomes Prime Minister of Turkey (1996)
TurkeyNecmettin ErbakanWelfare PartyIslamismPolitical IslamSecularismGovernance
TurkeyTurkey

🚩 Taliban seizes control of Afghanistan

Taliban forces seize control of most of Afghanistan and declare the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.⟶
Taliban seizes control of Afghanistan (1996)
TalibanAfghanistanIslamismExpansionCivil WarSharia LawPolitical IslamWar
AfghanistanAfghanistan