Editing Islam in Turkey (section)

==== Republic period: 1923–present ====
{{main|Secularism in Turkey}}
The withdrawal of Turkey, heir to the Ottoman Empire, as the presumptive leader of the international Muslim community, was symbolic of the change in the government's relationship to Islam. [[Secularism]] ''(or [[laiklik]])'' became one of the "[[Six Arrows]]" of Atatürk's program for remaking Turkey. Whereas Islam had formed the identity of Muslims within the Ottoman Empire, secularism was seen as molding the new Turkish nation and its citizens.
[[File:Ankara_Kocatepe_Camii_Innen.JPG|thumb|212px|right|[[Kocatepe Mosque]], [[Ankara]].]]

[[File:Mihrab,_Şakirin_Mosque_(7487730340).jpg|thumb|left|alt=The interior of a modern mosque. The camera is focused on its mihrab.|[[Şakirin Mosque]] in [[Istanbul]]. The mosque was designed by [[Zeynep Fadıllıoğlu]], the first woman to do so.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Strickland |first1=Carol |title=Mosque modern |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Arts/2009/0803/p17s01-algn.html |journal=Christian Science Monitor |date=3 August 2009 |access-date=23 September 2020 |archive-date=19 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119105753/https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Arts/2009/0803/p17s01-algn.html |url-status=live }}</ref>]]