Explosion Area in Ankara Named “Democracy Square”

Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Council named the area in front of Ankara Train Station where the Ankara bombing occurred: “Democracy Square”

The Council gathered under the chairmanship of Council Deputy Speaker Ali İhsan Ölmez and the name “Democracy Square” was suggested after Ankara bombing which left 100 people dead.  

Council members from Justice and Development Party (AKP) supported the suggestion while council members from Republican People’s Party (CHP) offered the name “Peace Square”. Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) members requested the name should be changed and renegotiated at a different date.

However, the name “Democracy Square” was decided by the majority of votes.

That area hadn’t got any name before.  (AS/BD)

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