"A lightning rod for Turkey’s Alevi community
ISTANBUL - Modern times have called for a leader who would be courageous and willing to speak up and İzzettin Doğan is just such a person... [He] is a committed Alevi and leader in his community and has in fact the best known name among the Alevis today, nationally and internationally. The Alevis are facing problems that only a government can deal with and not just the present one but others in the past that have promised help just to gain Alevi votes"
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