"Turkish supermarket chain boycotts Danish, Norwegian goods
February 8, 2006
ANKARA -- A lawmaker from Turkey's governing party announced on Wednesday that he had ordered a boycott of Danish and Norwegian goods in his chain of supermarkets to protest against the cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.
'As of yesterday [Tuesday], Danish and Norwegian goods have been taken off the shelves in the 110 stores' of the Kiler chain across the country, Vahit Kiler of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) told reporters here.
Kiler, who said that he sent a copy of the Koran to Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen by post, also appealed on 'all Muslims' to boycott goods from the two Scandinavian countries. "
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