"A Land Apart
Can Turkey fulfill its promise as a bridge between East and West when its own peoples stand divided?
by Christopher Frey
photographs by Carolyn Drake
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See Carolyn Drake’s photo gallery from the Turkish town of Hasankeyf.
Galip Karayigit was bursting at the seams, both sartorially and emotionally, as he held on to the statue of Atatürk at the centre of Istanbul’s Taksim Square. Four more men hung on with him, each exhorting a separate section of the crowd with the same message: Turkey’s honour and security are at stake."
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