"Putting a modern face on slaughter
Turkish authorities try to clean up ritual killing
By CNN's Alphonso Van Marsh
Thursday, January 20, 2005 Posted: 8:19 AM EST (1319 GMT)
ISTANBUL, Turkey (CNN) -- Turkish veterinarian Dr. Tashin Yesildere is stuck in holiday traffic. But it is not the cars that have him worked up -- it's the roadside tents of sheep and cows on sale for the Feast of the Sacrifice, known as 'Bayram' in his country.
And as Turkey heads on the path to European Union membership negotiations, its leadership is now trying to negotiate with its own people to clean up the centuries-old Muslim tradition carried out this week. "
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