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