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  • Armenian-Populated Village in Turkey Considers Ruling Party

    INHABITANTS OF ARMENIAN-POPULATED VILLAGE IN TURKEY CONSIDER RULING
    PARTY MORE WORLDLY THAN OTHERS

    ANKARA, JUNE 22, NOYAN TAPAN. The inhabitants of the Armenian-populated
    village Vakefl consider the "Justice and Development" Turkish
    pro-Islamic ruling party more worldly than the rest of the Turkish
    parties. This information was provided by the Daily Zaman quoting the
    Reuters agency.

    Gareth Jones, a journalist of the English agency, conducted a survey in
    the Armenian-populated village Vakefl concerning the coming
    parliamentary elections to be held in Turkey. Most of the Armenian
    villagers mentioned that the "Justice and Development" party has tried
    to help the national minorities living in Turkey: "This government has
    done a lot to help us. It gives great significance to freedom of
    religion," declared a 76 year-old inhabitant of the village Hanna Bebek.

    The Reuters journalist mentions that in the past the Christian
    population of Turkey voted more often for the democratic-republican
    party, which is currently nationalistic.

    Gareth Jones also mentioned the fact that the Archbishop Mesrop
    Mutaphian, the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople, declared in his
    interview with the German journal Der Spiegel that the Armenian
    community in Turkey will vote for the "Justice and Development" party.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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