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Armenian candidates elected to some municipalities in Turkey

31 March 2009 14:37 (UTC +04:00)

Ankaraâ€“APA. Most of Armenian candidates were elected to the city and town municipalities in Turkey, APA reports quoting Vesti.az. For the first time in Turkey, so many Armenians were elected to the municipal assemblies and the observers related it to the warm relations of current government of Turkey with Armenia and its plans to open the borders. The Armenians were active in the leftist parties so far, but now they are extending their activity in the rightist parties too. On Mrch 29, Vazgen Bar was elected to Shishsli, Araks Adalar, Ohanes Garabetyan, Yervant Ozuzun and Bedros Avedikyan â€“ Bakirkoy, Verkin Arioba â€“ Beyoglu municipality of Istanbul.
The political analysts said the Armenians had chance to be elected to the parliament in future. The rightist parties said that Rakel Dink, wife of killed Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, could run for the parliament in oncoming election.