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Free circumcision makes good politics in Turkey
Updated: 2011-07-14 10:40
(Agencies)
Furkan Emin Yesildal (2nd L), a six-year-old Turkish boy, poses for a souvenir photo with his father Bilal Yesildal during a ceremony a day before his 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. [Photo/Agencies] |
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