"Kurdish mayor a lightning rod in Turkey
Bullet holes in his office signify high tension over ethnic disputes
By TRACY WILKINSON
Los Angeles Times
BATMAN, TURKEY - Huseyin Kalkan, the mayor of Batman, pointed to the bullet holes in the yellow wall of his office, little indentations above the framed photograph of a lavender cactus blossom.
'I'm always a target, especially when something goes wrong,' Kalkan said."
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