Hmmm:

Turkey is preparing to publish a document that represents a revolutionary reinterpretation of Islam - and a controversial and radical modernisation of the religion. The country's powerful Department of Religious Affairs has commissioned a team of theologians at Ankara University to carry out a fundamental revision of the Hadith, the second most sacred text in Islam after the Koran. The Hadith is a collection of thousands of sayings reputed to come from the Prophet Muhammad. As such, it is the principal guide for Muslims in interpreting the Koran and the source of the vast majority of Islamic law, or Sharia... "You can't say, for example, that the verses of violence override the verses of peace. This is used a lot in the Middle East, this kind of ideology. I cannot impress enough how fundamental [this change] is."

The good news is that this is happening. The bad news is that it's a sign that Turkey's secularists are increasingly looking to accommodate political Islam. And it's not the only sign:

Turkey's ruling party agreed with an opposition party on Monday to lift a decades-old ban on Islamic head scarf in universities of the mainly Muslim but secular nation. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party and the Nationalist Action Party said in a joint statement that the two parties agreed to make changes in the constitution and the Higher Education Law to allow female students wearing head scarves into universities... Erdogan, who is a devout Muslim, vowed to end the ban during his election campaign last summer. He scored a resounding victory against the secularist opposition. The staunchly secularist Republican People's Party has repeatedly said lifting the ban would harm the nation's secular traditions.

An increasingly Islamist NATO ally. Super.

References:
* Turkey in radical revision of Islamic texts [BBC]
* Turkey to lift ban on Islamic head scarf in universities [JPost]

Previously:
* Turkey Won't Accept PKK Ceasefire. World Reacts Exactly the Opposite Way They'd React If Israel Refused To Accept Hamas Ceasefire.
* Awww... Turkey's So Pissed Off At Israel That They Might Not Help Israel Give Syria Back The Golan
* Is Turkey Smuggling Iranian Weapons To Syria? Umm... Maybe?