"Turkish statue fails to extend hand of friendship
NICHOLAS BIRCH in Kars, eastern Turkey
A monument to rapprochement with Armenia is causing tension in Turkey
A HUGE hilltop statue looms over the eastern Turkish town of Kars, two figures standing face to face, frozen on the verge of shaking hands.
For Naif Alibeyoglu, the former mayor of Kars whose idea it was, the Monument to Humanity was supposed to represent the victory of peace over enmity, its flood-lighting visible from neighbouring Armenia, 40 kilometres away."
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