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Police attack overshadows discrimination, say locals in Keçiören
1.       Trudy
7887 posts
 30 Aug 2008 Sat 09:21 am

Locals argued that the police attack is only a part of ongoing religion and ideology-motivated discriminative practices encouraged by the Keçiören Municipality

  Despite rapid growth and new investment, Ankara´s traditionalist Keçiören district is increasingly becoming synonymous with violence due to a ban on alcohol and intolerance toward those not outwardly religious.

  With its population close to 1 million, Keçiören, where Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan resides, is Ankara´s largest and Turkey´s second-largest district in terms of population density.

 

Read more: http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=114072 

 

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I have been to Ankara but I didn´t found it that religious (like e.g. Erzurum and Şanlıurfa are!). I must say I don´t know that area. Can anyone tell more, please?

2.       Cacık
296 posts
 30 Aug 2008 Sat 11:25 am

Scary stuff, but I have a feeling (and I hope I´m wrong) that this is the way things are going in more places over this lovely land.

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