"Turkey a beacon amid Arab world’s uncertainty
By Sumi Somaskanda - Special to The Washington Times
12:38 p.m., Friday, June 10, 2011
ISTANBUL | Headscarves and miniskirts. Mosques and nightclubs. High rises and hovels.
Turkey’s booming metropolis, Istanbul, is the contradictory heart of the country and has come to be held up as a model for other Islamic countries weathering the “Arab Spring."
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