Friday, December 26, 2008

Newfound Riches Come With Spiritual Costs for Turkey’s Religious Merchants - NYTimes.com

"Newfound Riches Come With Spiritual Costs for Turkey’s Religious Merchants

By SABRINA TAVERNISE
Published: December 25, 2008

ISTANBUL — Turkey’s religious businessmen spent years building empires on curtains, candy bars and couches. But as observant Muslims in one of the world’s most self-consciously secular states, they were never accepted by elite society."

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