Friday, December 16, 2005

United Press International - NewsTrack - Plan to create dry areas has Turks worried

"Plan to create dry areas has Turks worried

ANKARA, Turkey, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- A plan to make the centers of some Turkish cities alcohol-free, banishing drinking to the suburbs, worries many business owners and irritates secularists.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party are Islamists, and opponents of the creation of dry areas fear Erodogan plans to impose Muslim law on the country, the British newspaper The Independent reported."

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