Wednesday, May 23, 2007



A Turkish woman makes her way to a pro-secular rally in Samsun, Turkey, in front of Turkish flags with Ataturk pictures in the background. Thousands of flag-waving Turks demonstrated in this Black Sea port city of Samsun against the Islamic-rooted government, which they fear is undermining Turkey's secular system. The demonstration in Samsun, the latest in a series of nationwide protests, was significant, as the city was where Turkey's secular founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, launched the country's war of independence against occupying powers after World War I. (AP Photo/Murad Sezer) (May 20, 2007)