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To: CondoleezzaProtege

It was a mosque from after the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople until Ataturk overthrew the Ottoman Empire. Erdogan seems intent on overthrowing Ataturk's vision of a modern, secular Turkey.

What's next? Will he proclaim himself Caliph?

9 posted on 03/26/2019 2:07:02 PM PDT by colorado tanker

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To: colorado tanker

Maybe you’re right. Turkey. What a mess.

21 posted on 03/26/2019 2:52:09 PM PDT by RinaseaofDs

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