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Arutz Sheva, Israel
March 17 2012
Turkish PM to Receive Tolerance Prize in Germany
After the death of 12 Turkish soldiers in Afghanistan, Turkish Prime
Minister Tayyip Erdogan cancelled a trip to Germany on Saturday. He
was scheduled to receive the Steiger Award, an award given to
individuals who display honesty, openness, responsiblity and hardwork,
from the west German town of Bochum. However, thousands of protesters
went ahead with a rally against the decision to award him a tolerance
prize. An estimated 22,000 people from local Alevi, Kurdish and
Armenian groups who oppose the policies of Erdogan's AK party joined a
pre-planned protest rally in Bochum.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/234970
March 17 2012
Turkish PM to Receive Tolerance Prize in Germany
After the death of 12 Turkish soldiers in Afghanistan, Turkish Prime
Minister Tayyip Erdogan cancelled a trip to Germany on Saturday. He
was scheduled to receive the Steiger Award, an award given to
individuals who display honesty, openness, responsiblity and hardwork,
from the west German town of Bochum. However, thousands of protesters
went ahead with a rally against the decision to award him a tolerance
prize. An estimated 22,000 people from local Alevi, Kurdish and
Armenian groups who oppose the policies of Erdogan's AK party joined a
pre-planned protest rally in Bochum.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/234970