"A Journey to Defend Turkey's Secular Ideals
Protesters Converge to Warn Against Growth of Islamic Influence in Government
By Anthony Shadid
Washington Post Foreign Service
Sunday, May 6, 2007; Page A14
CANAKKALE, Turkey, May 5 It was dawn Saturday, and a still ascendant full moon shared the sky with a pale light. Young and old, students and retirees -- together, defenders of Turkey's eight decades of resolute secularism -- had already arrived for the trip. There were posters and portraits of the country's founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, signs quoting his aphorisms, pins intoning his principles."
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