"Nationalist strain deepens as Turkey leans toward Europe
By Yigal Schleifer | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
ISTANBUL � In a country accustomed to political flaps sparked by what might seem like trivial matters, a recent brouhaha may be the icing on the cake - literally.
During a ceremony in the eastern town of Ezerum that was hosted by the German ambassador, cakes were decorated as the flags of Germany and Turkey. But among the guests was the local chief prosecutor, who warned that cutting into the cake would violate a law forbidding the desecration of the Turkish flag."
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