Re: Islamist, Jihadist, Extremist etc.
Right that is why he over turned a ban on the Hijab. Very much like conservatives in the West correct? Here is the simple thing. Erdogan himself and the AKP themselves do not define themselves as a secular party. They have made that extremely clear. The state maybe secular. The government is not. The degrees of secularism are irrelevant in the manner in which the party that is in charge describes themselves.
It should be noted that Erdogan himself hates the term Islamist and does not like to be defined by it.