Sunday, May 06, 2007

Turks Hit Streets Again In Support Of Secularism

MANISA -- Tens of thousands of flag-waving Turks demonstrated on Saturday in the third anti-government protest in a month amid a bitter conflict over the role of religion in the mostly Muslim country's politics.

Marchers called for the presidential candidate of the ruling AK Party, whose roots are in political Islam, to withdraw, demanding Turkey remain strictly secular.

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UPDATE: Gul drops Turkey presidential bid