MESOP NEWS SAMPLER : ERDOGAN’S MOSQUES & THE ECONOMY
NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY)
In Turkey, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the leader of the largest opposition party, began a march to Istanbul from Ankara to protest the widening crackdown on dissent. |
Thousands of people in both cities protested the 25-year jail sentence handed to a prominent opposition lawmaker on espionage charges. Above, a protest in Ankara. |
Separately, a Turkish court sentenced a United Nations war crimes judge to jail on terrorism charges. |
Our magazine looks at how President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has used the construction of mosques to further his agenda and provide economic stimulus. |
- http://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-coup-un-judge-idUSKBN1960XO?il=0
- https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/14/magazine/reading-erdogans-ambitions-in-turkeys-new-mosques.html?emc=edit_mbe_20170616&mcubz=0&nl=morning-briefing-europe&nlid=73143833&te=1&_r=0