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Saturday, January 15, 2011

Alcohol Hits Nerve In Turkey

"Alcohol Hits Nerve In Turkey

By MARC CHAMPION And JOE PARKINSON

ISTANBUL—In the running debate over whether Turkey's government is chipping away at the foundations of one of the region's few secular democracies, a new front has opened: alcohol.

A top Turkish official on Thursday defended regulations announced last week on the sale and promotion of alcohol, a tightened regime that has reignited claims that the government has a hidden Islamist agenda. Islam forbids alcohol consumption."

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