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Turkey election trip: Izmir looks West amid growing conservatism - BBC News

Turkey election trip: Izmir looks West amid growing conservatism
By Mark Lowen BBC Turkey correspondent

22 May 2015

The guitar riff builds, the lyrics boom out - and Izmir's music-loving fans roar.

The alcohol is flowing, the skirts short: this is the epitome of Turkey's most liberal, Westernised city - and my first stop as I travel across the country ahead of Turkey's upcoming election.

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