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Source: http://jcpa.org/ottoman-return-jerusalem/
Turkey's Renewed Interest in Jerusalem
(Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Pinhas Inbari - Three Turkish citizens who came to Jerusalem as tourists were among the Muslim rioters arrested on the Temple Mount last week. Turkish religious institutions are acquiring religious properties in east Jerusalem, particularly places with ties to Ottoman history. Israeli Arab protesters from Sheikh Raed Salah's Islamic Movement in Israel have carried Turkish flags in past demonstrations. Several months ago, Turkey's minister of religious affairs was given a royal welcome on the Temple Mount plaza, while two days later Jordanian religious leaders were violently chased away.