"Turkey: Ruling Party Pursues Vote in Minority Alevi Villages
May 17, 2011 - 12:53pm, by Iason Athanasiadis
Seeking re-election, Turkish parliament member Nursuna Memecan visits the eastern Turkish village of Kayaburun – home to an ethnic Alevi religious community. As a member of the governing AK Party, Memecan can come under verbal attack by villagers, who believe they are discriminated against by Turkey’s majority Sunni Muslims. (Photos: Iason Athanasiadis)
In a room adorned only with a portrait of Kemal Atatürk, Celal Yilmaz, head of the Alevi village of Kayaburun in eastern Turkey, listens carefully to a surprise request -- a town-hall meeting with a female parliamentary candidate from the ruling Justice and Development Party. "
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