Wednesday, July 04, 2007

Pious Turks find their place in the sun | Reuters.ca

"Pious Turks find their place in the sun
Wed Jul 4, 2007 10:49 AM EDT19

By Emma Ross-Thomas

ALANYA, Turkey (Reuters) - By day the Turkish women strip down to bikinis and belly-dance by the swimming pool. But at night they swathe their new suntans in headscarves and join their menfolk for dinner.

The Bera Alanya is a five-star hotel on Turkey's Mediterranean coast where men and women have separate swimming pools and alcohol is not served -- but female customers enjoy freedoms they often do not find in the public sector."

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