Turks to supply World Bank chief with socks

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ANKARA: Turkish manufacturers have rushed to supply World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz with new socks after he revealed two large holes in his socks during a visit to an Ottoman-era mosque in Turkey.

If he had bought from our high quality socks he would not have had such troubles. The quality of Turkish socks has been proven by the amounts we export to the European Union, Umit Ozuren, the deputy head of the Socks Producers Association, said Thursday.

The association, he added, was sending Wolfowitz 12 pairs of new socks.

Wolfowitz made the headlines last the weekend when, obeying Muslim customs, he took off his shoes as he visited the 16th-century Selimiye Mosque in the western city of Edirne, revealing two big holes on each of his grey socks with his toes peeking through.

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