Turkey party leader agrees to make Armenian woman become MP
16:48, 21.03.2015
The chairman of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party
(CHP), Kemal Kilicdaroglu, responded positively to an
Istanbul-Armenian woman’s wishes to run for parliament from their
party in the forthcoming election.
CHP, which for the first time has decided to nominate an MP candidate
from the national minorities of the country, decided to nominate a
female candidate from the Armenian community, reported Ensonhaber
website of Turkey.
Accordingly, Kilicdaroglu will soon announce that he will be
nominating Istanbul Armenian Talin Ergunes Gazer as an MP candidate
from their party.
Turkey’s next parliamentary election is slated for June 7.
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