Turkish language fest shows preacher's global reach

[Francis Hult]

Reuters

 

Turkish language fest shows preacher's global reach

 

"I want to see your hands," little Bangaina Jose from Mozambique shouts in confident Turkish to an auditorium of piously-dressed Turks clapping along to her song routine.

 

The Turkish Language Olympics -- in its seventh year -- has drawn 700 children from 115 countries to Turkey to compete in singing, poetry reciting and prose composition, and receive encouragement in their studies with a visit to the president.

 

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