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02/03/2011
The funeral for Turkey's first Islamist prime minister was held on Tuesday in Istanbul.
By Alina Lehtinen for Southeast European Times in Istanbul -- 02/03/11
The funeral for Turkey's first Islamist prime minister was held on Tuesday in Istanbul.
By Alina Lehtinen for Southeast European Times in Istanbul -- 02/03/11
Tens of thousands of people gathered outside the Fatih Mosque in Istanbul on Tuesday (March 1st) to honour former Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan. While head-scarfed women waited on the sidewalk, men lined up in the street to pray for the late politician who many said made a permanent footprint on Turkish politics.
Erbakan, 84, died on Sunday of heart failure.
"He was our hoca [teacher]. I think he gave moral values both to Turkey and the world. He was not just a religious person, but a man of logic and science," Tuba Nur, 23, told SETimes. "We will not have a person like Erbakan again." ...more...
"He was our hoca [teacher]. I think he gave moral values both to Turkey and the world. He was not just a religious person, but a man of logic and science," Tuba Nur, 23, told SETimes. "We will not have a person like Erbakan again." ...more...
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