ANKARA . Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's comment his government wants to "raise a religious youth" has touched a nerve in society, fuelling debates over an alleged "hidden agenda" to Islamicize secular Turkey.

"We want to raise a religious youth," Mr. Erdogan, leader of the Islamist-rooted Justice & Development Party (AKP), told parliament last week.

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