"Hope is high for man who may become Turkey's first Christian MP for 50 year
Thomas Seibert
Jun 10, 2011
Erol Dora could be on his way to Ankara. Photo courtesy of Erol Dora
ISTANBUL // A 47-year-old former refugee has a chance to become the first Christian member of the Turkish parliament in half a century.
If he succeeds in parliamentary elections on Saturday, Erol Dora, an attorney, could also go some way in adjusting the electoral status quo in this mostly Muslim nation that critics say does not provide its religious minorities with fair representation.
'There has not been a Christian MP since the 1960s,' Mr Dora said in an interview from his campaign in the south-eastern city of Mardin this week. 'I don't think that's normal.'"
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