Oluşturulma Tarihi: Mart 22, 2007 12:241dk okuma
At Nevruz celebrations yesterday at the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in Ankara, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan recited lines from Turkish poet Nazim Hikmet in his Nevruz message, going on later to light the traditional Nevruz fire (symbolizing a cleansing start to spring), eat Nevruz pilav, crack Nevruz eggs, and bang the traditional hot Nevruz poker into fire.
Said Erdogan in regards to the traditional lighting of the Nevruz fire "Our wish is that the seeds of hostility and enmity which threaten our unity and siblinghood disappear in the flames of this fire." Prime Minister later jumped over the Nevruz fire, as is also a tradition, with the help of Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Ali Sahin, Minister of Culture Atilla Koc, and Agricultural Minister Mehdi Eker.