Turkey: Is Alcohol Apartheid Coming to Istanbul?
August 15, 2012 - 12:07pm, by Dorian Jones
Turkey
The Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which concludes August 18, can be a time of heightened friction in Istanbul, when the beliefs of the pious clash with the lifestyle preferences of secular-minded Turks. This year, Ramadan has been marked by a secularist outcry over recent efforts to restrict the consumption of alcohol.
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