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Free circumcision makes good politics in Turkey

Updated: 2011-07-14 10:40

(Agencies)

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Free circumcision makes good politics in Turkey

Boys in traditional attire attend a ceremony a day before their circumcision ritual at Eyup Sultan square in Istanbul July 8, 2011. As an exercise in good governance the mass circumcision ceremony for some 100 boys from disadvantaged families in an old Istanbul square ticks a lot of boxes for Turkey's ruling AK Party and its voters. Picture taken July 8, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]

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