Thursday, June 04, 2009

Turkey mourns a secular saint

"Turkey mourns a secular saint
By Fazile Zahir

FETHIYE, Turkey - Turkey hasn't seen a woman's funeral like it since feminist hero Duygu Asena was laid to rest in 2006. Women of all shapes and sizes, colors and backgrounds, head-scarved and bare-headed filled the streets of Sisli, Istanbul on May 19, before packing like sardines the traditionally male-only areas of the Tesvikiye mosque."

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