How a Kurdish mayor pushed for tolerance in Turkey
Now in exile after being persecuted by Ankara, Abdullah Demirbas has propelled a vision of coexistence in Turkey that includes Armenians, Jews, Kurds and other minorities.
ABDULLAH DEMIRBAS (second L), then-mayor of the Sur municipality, meets employees during an event ahead of International Women’s Day, in Diyarbakir, Turkey, 2013.(photo credit: Mehmet Engin/Reuters)BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
