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Friday, June 03, 2005

BBC NEWS | Europe | Turkish 'pro-Islamist' law vetoed

"Turkish 'pro-Islamist' law vetoed

Turkey's president wants to deter 'separatist' teaching of the Koran
Turkey's secularist president has blocked a law that he says could have given Islamic extremists more freedom.
President Ahmet Necdet Sezer said the change could have encouraged Islamists to preach against Turkey's secular state in illegal hardline schools. "

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