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New Ankara coat-of-arms

The governor of the Turkish capital Ankara has announced (July 4, 1995) that he will confiscate all the flags with the new city arms on it if they are hoisted. The city council of Ankara recently changed the model of the city flag. This flag first showed a Hettite sun, now a mosque. The change of the flag was proposed by the muslim fundamentalists in the city council. In Turkey the governor has to approve any change of the flag. A protest campagne has stared against the new flag by some inhabitants of Ankara. Source: NRC Handelsblad (Rotterdam), 5 July 1995, citing AFP (Agence France Presse).
jos poels 12-JUL-1995