Turkish PM cancels trip over bust snub

TURKISH prime minister Tayyip Erdogan cancelled a trip to Argentina yesterday after Buenos Aires authorities halted the display of a bust of Turkey's founder, a move Turkey blamed on Armenian lobbyists.

By The Newsroom

Published 31st May 2010, 00:02 BST

Updated 31st May 2010, 01:19 BST

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk founded Turkey in 1923 after the collapse of the Ottoman empire and is highly revered by Turks.