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Turkey begins dismantling monument
1.       tunci
7149 posts 		 26 Apr 2011 Tue 12:35 pm

Turkey begins dismantling monument

26 April 2011, Tuesday / AP, ANKARA

Workers have begun dismantling a giant sculpture meant to promote reconciliation between Turkey and Armenia.

Türkiye ile Ermenistan arasında barışa katkıda bulunması amacıyla işçiler dev anıtı parçalara ayırmaya başladılar.
 

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.
 
 

 



Edited (4/26/2011) by tunci

2.       Elisabeth
5732 posts 		 26 Apr 2011 Tue 04:18 pm

I don´t think the sculpture did very much to normalize relations between the two countries.  {#emotions_dlg.unsure}
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