Monday, February 22, 2016

CHP's rising Christian star subjected to hate speech - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

CHP's rising Christian star subjected to hate speech

The Feb. 9 headline in the pro-government daily Bugun proclaimed, “CHP spokesperson Boke has been baptized.” The newspaper claimed that the Republican People’s Party, the main opposition, was facing a crisis over the religious identity of its public voice, Selin Sayek Boke. The report detailed Boke’s family's roots, revealing that her father was from Hatay province and an Orthodox Christian.

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