This contribution aims to investigate the consequences over the policy of religious governance brought about by AKP's change in the understanding of the principle of secularism (laiklik). In particular, it will focus on the link among AKP's authoritarian trend, the repudiation of the Kemalist notion of laiklik and the adoption of Islamic-oriented or Islam-friendly policies (not least the lifting of the ban on the headscarf and the reconversion of Aghia Sophia as a mosque).