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Thursday, January 27, 2011

Controversial friendship monument to be moved across Turkey

"Controversial friendship monument to be moved across Turkey

Following a decision to demolish sculptor Mehmet Aksoy's 'Monument to Humanity,' described by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as 'freakish,' the Karşıyaka Municipality in İzmir has contacted the Kars Municipality and asked if it could be moved to the western city. 'Our municipality needed a sculpture and decided to bring it to İzmir,' says Karşıyaka Municipality Press Consultant Sedat Sözeri"

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