Turkey has a lot of cultural heritage places. It is the land of the Seven Churches of [[Book of Revelation|Revelation]]. 89.5%<!--Eighty nine and a half percent--> of its people are [[Muslim]]s<ref>[https://t24.com.tr/haber/optimar-dan-din-inanc-anketi-yuzde-89-allah-in-varligina-ve-birligine-inaniyor,821459 Optimar'dan din-inanç anketi: Yüzde 89 Allah'ın varlığına ve birliğine inanıyor]</ref> and religion doesn't play a pivotal role in their lives. Most of the Turks are said to be cultural or nominal Muslims and continue to practice [[Shamanism|shamanistic]] traditions from pre-Islamic heritage. Although, [[atheism]] and [[deism]] are increasing in Turkey, there is a growing amount of [[Islamism]], largely due to [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan|Erdoğan]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/04/turkey-why-so-many-turks-are-losing-faith-in-islam.html|title=Why so many Turks are losing faith in Islam|last=Akyol|first=Mustafa|date=2018-04-16|work=Al-Monitor|access-date=2018-04-21|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>[https://www.dw.com/en/atheism-grows-in-turkey-as-recep-tayyip-erdogan-urges-islam/a-47018029 Atheism grows in Turkey as Recep Tayyip Erdogan urges Islam]</ref><ref>[http://asianews.it/news-en/The-number-of-atheists-increasing-in-Turkey-45956.html The number of atheists increasing in Turkey]</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43981745 The young Turks rejecting Islam]</ref><ref>https://www.thecairoreview.com/essays/turkeys-pan-islamist-foreign-policy/</ref>
Turkey continued the [[Western world|West]]-oriented [[modernization]] initiated by the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] dynasty and statesmen. Many things in Turkey contain a mixture of the West and the East, the old and the new, the traditional and the modern. When you visit even the smallest city in Turkey no matter how little its population is, you will find that different cultural elements, traditions, beliefs, languages or dialects live.<ref>[https://www.studyinturkey.gov.tr/StudyinTurkey/ShowDetail?rID=ctfC0sgwTeQ=&&cId=PE4Nr0mMoY4= Culture - Study in Turkey]</ref> Even those who have not done anything related to [[Islam]] in their lives see being Muslim as a part of their identity. Therefore, they may have a negative attitude towards [[Christianity]] or other religions. Because of historical hostilities and bigotry, Turkey is virulently [[Anti-Christian sentiment|anti-Christian]].<ref>https://www.jihadwatch.org/2020/03/turkey-muslims-screaming-allahu-akbar-disrupt-christian-funeral-desecrate-christian-graves</ref> Turkey used to be a secular state but has now adopted Islamic Jihadism and it incites Some people incite against Christians and the other non-[[Sunni]] religious minorities due to radical nature of Islamic cultural background. The governing [[Justice and Development Party|AKP]] in Turkey depicts Christians as a "threat to the stability of the nation". Turkish Christian citizens have often been stereotyped as not "real Turks" but as "Western collaborators" by this bigoted and prejudiced point of view.<ref>[https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/israel-zionism/2020/12/how-yasir-arafat-drove-christians-from-bethlehem/ How Yasir Arafat Drove Christians from Bethlehem] D. Weinberg, Mosaic Mag., Dec. 28, 2020.</ref>
==History==