Monday, June 24, 2013

Mosque At Heart Of Turkish Troubles

Mosque Dream Seen at Heart of Turkey Protests - NYTimes.com:
...A local news article published in January 1997 reported that secular Turks objected to the mosque because it would “symbolize the power of the Islamists over Taksim as well as the whole country.” Those words could easily be spoken by today’s protesters...

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