Sunday, May 20, 2007

Demonstrations for Secularism in Turkey Again

BBC: Tens of thousands of Turks have massed in the city of Samsun in the latest demonstration in support of secularism.

The crowds waved national flags and chanted slogans opposing any change to Turkey's secular political model.

The protest in Samsun, a port on the Black Sea, followed huge rallies in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir. New rally for Turkish secularism (more)

NZZ:
Erneut Grossdemonstration in der Türkei: Kundgebung gegen Islamisierung

Mark Alexander