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    Anatolia News Agency, Turkey
    Nov 30 2006

    Two Poles detained "for their safety" for displaying large cross


    Istanbul, 30 November: Police arrested five suspects, 53 African
    migrants as well as eight people who attempted to hold illegal
    demonstration in Istanbul to protest [against] Pope Benedict XVI's
    visit to Turkey.

    According to police sources, five people were taken into custody
    because of their suspicious behaviours around the Fener
    Greek-Orthodox Patriarchate which was one of the places visited by
    the pope.

    On the other hand, seven demonstrators chanting slogans and one
    person attempting to perform an individual demonstration around the
    museum of Haghia Sophia were taken into custody.

    Security forces also took two people of Polish origin to the police
    station when they appeared in Sultanahmet Square with a big cross and
    a statue of the Virgin Mary in their hands.

    Police forces declared that the foreigners who said they were waiting
    to welcome the Pope were taken to the police station in order to
    ensure their own safety as they could face reactions from other
    demonstrators around.

    Moreover, during the operations conducted around the Virgin Mary
    Armenian Church in Kumkapi district, 53 African illegal migrants were
    arrested.

    The migrants will be deported after procedures at the Aliens
    Department.
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