Iran Taboos Turkic Names And New Year Festivities

IRAN TABOOS TURKIC NAMES AND NEW YEAR FESTIVITIES

PanARMENIAN.Net
24.12.2008 14:23 GMT+04:00

Shops and restaurants with Turkic names in Tabriz, Iran, received
Persian names lately. Turk restaurant was renamed into Ertak; Istanbul
market became Rman, for example.

New Year festivities were banned. Students, who decorated a fir in
one of youth clubs, were warned against conduction of any events,
while the club was smashed up by the police, 1news.az reports.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

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