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<strong>Turkish people living in England are to be given an extra Bank Holiday to celebrate St George's Day, it has emerged.</strong>

St George may be the patron saint of England, but he was actually from Turkey and had a Palestinian mother.

So to honour his heritage, Theresa May has ordered that anyone currently living in England who can prove their Turkish descent will be given a day off work.



The move has sparked anger from those who say the whole of England should get a Bank Holiday on St George's Day.

The English claim dashing St George slayed dragons and was a feared sword-weilding knight on a white horse.

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But in reality he was born in what is modern-day Turkey, his mother was from what is now Palestine, while the dragon slaying came from a legend that he chopped the head off a dragon in Libya - nowhere near Suffolk or Staffordshire.

And far from being a hero of many crusades spanning decades, records suggest he was dead by the age of 23.

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A Downing Street insider said: "It is important to recognise the heritage of those who have chosen to make their new life in the UK. So for our Turkish friends only we will add a Bank Holiday for St George's Day."

But patriotic  Darren Webster, from Ipswich, fumed: "Why should the Turks get a day off? We should be celebrating with a Bank Holiday - St George is what makes us proud to be English. I won't be voting for that Mrs May now."

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