Why so many Turks took Black Friday as insult to Islam - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Mustafa Akyol

Mustafa Akyol

Nov 28, 2017

People gather at the Broadway entrance of Macy's Herald Square store ahead of early opening for the Black Friday sales in Manhattan, New York, U.S. November 23, 2017. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly - RC1C2A925EB0 — People gather at the Broadway entrance of Macy's Herald Square store ahead of early opening for the Black Friday sales in Manhattan, New York, Nov. 23, 2017. — REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

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