Turkey: Istanbul Redevelopment Plan Threatens Historic Russian Orthodox Church
August 27, 2013
By EurasiaNet
In June, Turkey experienced the worst anti-government protests in decades over plans to redevelop Gezi Park in central Istanbul. Now, a historic church once used by Russian refugees fleeing the 1917 Bolshevik Coup is at the center of a fresh controversy over the city’s development ambitions.
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