Hürriyet - Prime Minister Erdogan lights the traditional Nevruz fire in Ankara

"Prime Minister Erdogan lights the traditional Nevruz fire in Ankara

At Nevruz celebrations yesterday at the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in Ankara, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan recited lines from Turkish poet Nazim Hikmet in his Nevruz message, going on later to light the traditional Nevruz fire (symbolizing a cleansing start to spring), eat Nevruz pilav, crack Nevruz eggs, and bang the traditional hot Nevruz poker into fire.
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