Turkish PM Erdo?an retires mall project, vows mosque in Taksim

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I suspect the riots in Turkey may go down in history as one of the biggest backfires of all time.

H/T M

Hurriyetdailynews:

ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News

PM Erdo?an says the controversial military barracks to be built in Taksim will not be used as a shopping mall, while promising to build a a mosque in the iconic square

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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has stepped back from building a shopping mall in the Artillery Barracks project to replace Taksim Gezi Park, while also announcing that a mosque will be built on Taksim Square.

“You cannot make an AVM [shopping mall] familiar to the international ones in this area. There is no conclusive AVM project here. Maybe we will make a city museum there or an architectural work that will put different activities in place. Is there any certain document? No,” said Erdo?an on June 2 in Istanbul as he attended the Rumeli Turks Association’s general assembly.

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11 Replies to “Turkish PM Erdo?an retires mall project, vows mosque in Taksim”

  1. Lets remind ourselves (indeed Vlad most likely reported about most of these stories), however, seeing them at one glance “works wonders.”

    Islamists attack Turkey ‘kissing protest’ (newscomau, May 27, 2013)
    http://bit.ly/10yiIgl

    Turkish-Armenian blogger sentenced to Turkish? prison for blasphemy (CNN, May 23, 2013)
    http://bit.ly/ZCb35v

    Egypt, Turkey,? and Tunisia Are All Slowly Islamizing (theatlantic, May 13, 2013)
    http://bit.ly/10SEr0Y

    One in every four marriages in Turkey involves child bride: NGO (hurriyetdailynews May 4, 2013)
    http://bit.ly/YwDBNe

    Istanbul locked down during May Day protests (NBC, May 1, 2013)
    http://nbcnews.to/Yes0jk

    Mehrheit? der Türken ist für Gewalt? gegen Frauen (Welt, Apr 19, 2013)
    http://bit.ly/119jIrQ

    Turkish Pianist Sentenced for? Twitter Postings (NYT, Apr 15, 2013)
    http://nyti.ms/ZkSa4g

    Turkish president warns of Holocaust if intolerance continues (hurriyetdailynew, April 12, 2013)
    http://bit.ly/13vYtlU

    Turkey: Work commences on ‘Erdogan the Magnificent’ mosque (ansamed, April 3, 2013)
    http://bit.ly/16Amz0y

    Two-thirds of humanity suffers from ‘Islamophobia disease’: Turkey’s religious head (hurriyetdailynews, March 25, 2013)
    http://bit.ly/17esQ55

    Top judge complains implementation of secularism in Turkey a failure (todayszaman, March 15, 2013)
    http://bit.ly/YdkjtB

    Davutoglu Invokes Ottomanism As a? New Order for Mideast (Al-Monitor, March 10, 2013)
    http://bit.ly/Xfp6wR

    Bundeswehr ‘bullied’ by Turkish troops (thelocal, March 3, 2013)
    http://bit.ly/VXc5EU

    OIC TO LAUNCH SATELLITE TV CHANNEL TO COUNTER ISLAMOPHOBIA (TRT, Feb 26, 2013)
    http://bit.ly/1aOIwt1

    Turkey: 17,000 new mosques built under Erdogan (ansamed, Feb 19, 2013)
    http://bit.ly/15xpl7a

    Erdogan greenlights 1,300 police stations in ‘Ottoman style’ (ansamed, Jan 22, 2013)
    http://bit.ly/YSZW2a

    Turkey — world’s biggest prison for journalists (RSF, Dec 19, 2012)
    http://bit.ly/12zlKTK