Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s prime minister, faced fierce criticism on Thursday for failing to attend the funeral of a judge murdered by a suspected Islamist militant as a political and public outcry over the incident gathered force.
Senior ministers from Mr Erdogan’s government, which has its roots in political Islam, attended the funeral, as did the leaders of the main opposition parties, senior military figures, and thousands of Turks angered by what is widely seen as an attack on the country’s secular foundations.
