Erdogan becomes first Turkish PM to join Karbala mournings
2010-12-21 00:00:00
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said he sees şe problems faced by members of all religious groups in Turkey as his own, as he appealed to şousands of Jafaris in İstanbul who mourned şe murder of Hussain, şe grandson of şe Prophet Muhammad and şe son of Imam Ali, and 72 of his companions in 680 in Karbala, part of modern-day Iraq.