Tuesday, March 01, 2011

Thousands Mourn Turkey's Erbakan

"Thousands Mourn Turkey's Erbakan

BY MARC CHAMPION

ISTANBUL—Tens of thousands of Turks turned out Tuesday to mourn the death of Necmettin Erbakan, the country's first Islamist prime minister.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan cut short a trip to Europe to attend the funeral, where a tightly packed crowd outside Fatih Mosque chanted 'Mujahid [fighter for God] Erbakan,' punching the air. Rows of mourners in side streets around the mosque and on the main boulevard knelt to pray. "

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