Međutim, islamistički korijeni AKP-a potpiruju sumnju među moćnom vojskom u zemlji, koja sebe smatra garantom sekularnog poretka u Turskoj, iako su Erdogan i drugi stranački lideri opetovano tvrdili da nemaju nikakvog skrivenog vjerskog dnevnog reda.
But the AKP's Islamist roots have fuelled suspicion among the country's powerful military, which considers itself the guarantor of secular order in Turkey, although Erdogan and other party leaders have repeatedly insisted they have no hidden religious agenda.