Turkey begins dismantling monument

Television footage on Monday showed a crane bringing down one of the two heads of the 35-meter (115-foot) stone sculpture which features a divided human figure, near the two nations´ border.

The hulking monument had been criticized in Turkey because it overshadows an Islamic shrine in the area. During a visit to the site in January, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called it a "freak," prompting moves by local officials to have it removed.