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Wakf Okays Proposed Turkish Memorial, City Debates It

Reported: 11:02 AM - Nov/04/07

(IsraelNN.com) The Waqf Islamic Trust granted land at the foot of the Temple Mount to the Turkish government for a memorial to those who died fighting for the Ottoman Empire, even before the Israeli government approved Turkey's request to build the monument.

The Turkish government recently submitted a request to the Jerusalem municipality for the planned 3-meter high memorial that would be located close to the Golden Gate and be topped by the Turkish flag.


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