'Memo' Okur snubs Turkish EU minister, saying he would only go to Gezi Park
ISTANBUL
One of Turkey's most successful basketball players, the recently retired Mehmet Okur, rejected an invitation from the Turkish EU minister publicly on June 6, saying the only place that he wanted to be was Istanbul's Taksim Gezi Park, which has become the center of the protests in Turkey.
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