{"id":35861,"date":"2011-06-16T12:21:28","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T09:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishforum.com.tr\/en\/content\/?p=35861"},"modified":"2014-01-06T09:48:50","modified_gmt":"2014-01-06T07:48:50","slug":"syriac-christian-elected-in-turkey-after-50-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2011\/06\/16\/syriac-christian-elected-in-turkey-after-50-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Syriac Christian elected in Turkey after 50 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

ANKARA – A Syriac Christian has been elected to Turkey’s new parliament, not seen in the overwhelmingly Muslim country for 50 years, it was reported Monday.<\/p>\n

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Erol Dora, 47, is a member of the orthodox Syriac Church and part of a small community also known as Assyrians based in Mardin in southern Turkey.<\/p>\n

Elected as an independent, Dora was nevertheless backed by the main pro-Kurd group the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) in Sunday’s vote.<\/p>\n

The sole Christian member of parliament, dominated once again by the Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP), has committed himself to being a voice for the country’s Christians.<\/p>\n

After his election Dora called on the European Union to welcome Turkey as a member and show that it is not a “Christian club”, the Cihan news agency reported.<\/p>\n

Turkey is home to Armenian Christians and members of the Greek Orthodox Church as well as Syriacs.<\/p>\n

The country has seen a number of attacks against Christian communities in recent years.<\/p>\n

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