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Tuesday, January 17, 2006

EDP24 - Peace symbol too gay for Turks

"Peace symbol too gay for Turks

BEN KENDALL

17 January 2006 09:18

An artist
An artist's impression of how Istanbul's Bosphorus Bridge would look painted as a rainbow.
It is one man's vision to bring a symbol of peace to a nation and spread a message to the rest of the world.

But so far artist Ned Pamphilon's bid to paint a rainbow along the entire length of Istanbul's 1.5km Bosphorus Bridge has been blocked by the Turkish government - because of its “gay imagery”. "

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