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A crane brings down one of the two heads of the 35-meter (115-foot) stone sculpture which features a divided human figure, near the Turkey-Armenia border as workers are dismantling the giant sculpture meant to promote reconciliation between the two nations, in Kars, Turkey, Tuesday, April 26, 2011. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called it a "freak," prompting moves by local officials to have it removed. Artists campaigned unsuccessfully to save the monument and a prominent Turkish painter was stabbed and hospitalized last week after a speech in which he condemned plans to tear it down. AP Photo/Hurriyet.
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ANKARA, TURKEY (AP).- Workers have begun dismantling a giant sculpture meant to promote reconciliation between Turkey and Armenia.
Television footage on Tuesday showed a crane bringing down one of the two heads of the 35-meter (115-foot) stone sculpture which features a divided human figure, near the two nations' border.
The hulking monument had been criticized in Turkey because it overshadows an Islamic shrine in the area. During a visit to the site in January, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called it a "freak," prompting moves by local officials to have it removed.
Artists campaigned unsuccessfully to save the monument. A prominent painter was stabbed and hospitalized last week after a speech in which he condemned plans to tear it down.
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.
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