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Thursday, October 19, 2006

The New Anatolian - Istanbul Municipality plans for mosque in park halted

"Istanbul Municipality plans for mosque in park halted

The New Anatolian / Ankara
19 October 2006

An administrative court late Tuesday stopped the controversial construction of a mosque in the heart of Istanbul's Anatolian side.

The Istanbul Fifth Administrative Court ruled in favor of a complaint filed by the Kadikoy Municipality and 50 non-governmental organizations, thus suspending the construction of a mosque in Goztepe Park."

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