Applying the Shari 'a in full, they say, is not a feasible goal in Turkey because of the country' s secular and democratic nature, something distinguishing it from other Muslim - majority countries (except Albania, Kosovo, and Kyrgyzia). Accepting this reality, the AKP wins ever - greater electoral support by softly coercing the population to be more virtuous, traditional, pious, religious, conservative, and moral. Thus, it encourages fasting during Ramadan and female modesty, discourages alcohol consumption, attempted to criminalize adultery, indicted an anti - Islamist artist, increased the number of religious schools, added Islam to the public school curriculum, and introduced questions about Islam to university entrance exams. Put in terms of Turkish Airlines, pork is already gone and it 's a matter of time until the alcohol also disappears.