Word: anatolia
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...this point, I don't know if the trip will happen," Mons. Luigi Padovese, the Vicar Apostolic in Anatolia, the Church's representative for what amounts to the eastern half of Turkey, told TIME. "There are leading politicians, members of the ruling parties, a top minister and others who have expressed a negative opinion on the visit." Padovese blamed the outcry on voices in the Turkish press whom he described as "nationalist, Islamist and anti-Christian," and said the Pope's intention was not to offend anyone. "I don't know if anyone even read the Pope's discourse," Padovese...
...feel torn between protecting their families' lives and sacrificing their livelihoods along with their chickens. When Health Minister Recep Akdag finally arrived in Dogubeyazit, an angry crowd heckled him, calling out: "We need better hospitals!" and "Why has it taken you so long?" For millions of Turks in rural Anatolia, awareness of bird flu's perils has been slow to arrive, especially in areas where there is little access to television. It was not until early January, some five days after the first Kocyigit child died, that the Turkish government launched a public-information campaign: setting up a telephone helpline...
...this pressure from the E.U. Turks are patient people, but once they reach boiling point, anything could happen." Erdogan understands that his government is at risk from nationalists, but he also has his own political constituents to cater to, many of them in the prosperous conservative Muslim heartland of Anatolia. They too are restive for change, having failed to see Erdogan deliver on campaign promises like the lifting of a ban on head scarves in universities and public offices. For them E.U. membership is a potential guarantee against military rule and restrictive laws aimed at curbing religious expression. Last week...