Three Armenians Elected to Turkey’s Parliament in Historic Vote
(Garo Paylan, Selina Dogan, Markar Esayan) By Nick Rejebian (@nrejebbs), Assembly Public
Affairs Intern AAANews Blog With 86% of Turkey at the ballot box on Sunday, three Christian Armenian candidates, Garo Paylan, Selina Dogan, and Markar Esayan, were elected to the Turkish Parliament. Garo Paylan, a founding member of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), was elected in the Istanbul 3rd Region. Born in Malatya in 1972 and raised in Istanbul, Paylan began working humbly as a