“…Other reforms enacted after the 1983 Parliamentary Elections expanded state-funded religious services, including the powers of The Directorate of Religious Affairs (known either by its acronym, DIYANET, or colloquially, the Diyanet). 20 In direct violation of the Laic principles Parla and Davison define as "the expulsion of religion from certain spheres of governance and social life, the reconstitution of education according to the presupposition and aims of the positive sciences, and the establishment of uniform, nonreligious laws of a centralized administration," [14] the Diyanet defends a particular version of Islam, Sunnism, and in 2015 expanded its employee base to include near 85,000 clerics within its ranks. [12] Legally, stances offered by the Diyanet carry no weight as they are, technically, a religious management institution not a source of law.…”