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Turkish Nationalist Movement Party nominates Armenian candidate for elections for the first time

03 March 2009 09:36 (UTC +04:00)

Istanbul-APA. Turkish Nationalist Movement Party has nominated an Armenian candidate for elections for the first time, APA reports quoting Turkish news agencies.
MHP nominated Haco Kelesh for membership of Bakirkoy municipality in Istanbul. Kelesh said that they considered themselves as Turkish citizen, not national minorities.
â€œI received the proposal of MHP assessing that it will be a positive step to play a role in cross-cultural dialogue and express ourselves,â€ he said. Esra Bijik, candidate for the post of chairmanship in Bakirkoy municipality said that everybody knew her position on national minorities.
â€œIrrespective of religion, language, race, everybody has an equal right in Turkey. We should move forward to establish Turkey, where we can share our happiness not grief,â€ she said.
Municipal elections will be held no March 29.