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"All Mehmed's Men" - Turks: A Journey of a Thousand Years, 600-1600 Royal Academy of Arts, January 22 - April 12, 2005; Exhibit Review
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Armenian Reporter, The
03-05-2005
On Saturday, February 12, 2005, I went to the Royal Academy to see the
exhibition "Turks."
I will first deal with the purpose and aim of this exhibition, clearly set
out in the "Forewords" by the Prime Ministers of Turkey and Great Britain,
placed side by side in the Catalogue. Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime
Minister of Turkey, says, "Cultural diversity is a source of richness for
all nations. This exhibiti...
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