Armenian Church Foundation Chairman Joins AKP Structure

Alcal was elected to the board of directors of the party branch in Bakirkoy, where 20 percent of the population is Armenian, in a move towards meeting the goal of involving all segments of society in party administration as decided during recent local AKP meetings.

Alcal’s goal is to build a bridge between his party and the Armenian community, which he describes as being "far from the AKP." He was born in the town of Besiri in Batman province in 1956. He came to Istanbul with his three siblings following the 1966 Varto earthquake and lived in the Patrikhane orphanage.

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