M&C: Mass demonstration in Izmir for a secular Turkey
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Mass demonstration in Izmir for a secular Turkey
Hundreds of thousands took to the streets of the western Turkish city of Izmir Sunday morning to protest against the conservative Islamic government and to demand the maintenance of the separation between religion and state.
The crowds of protestors, which Turkish television estimated at more than 1 million, stretched back for kilometres from the site of the main demonstration. The protestors were waving the red national flag with a white star and crescent and carrying posters of the founding father of modern secular Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the reports said. Flags were also waved from ships and boats in the coastal city as the mass demonstration featuring music and song took on a festival air.
Labels: Secularism, Turkey
