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RECENT HEADLINES
Turkey: An Islamic Radical Group Resurfaces, Striving to Embrace Peaceful Change
BY NICHOLAS BIRCH
Huseyin Yildirim carries a heavy weight on his shoulders. While he says he never killed a man, he was jailed for membership in Kurdish Hizbullah, a radical Sunni Islamist group that was reputedly connected to about 500 murders in the 1990s. Now, he heads a countrywide NGO that he insists is dedicated to peace.
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ALMANAC FACTS
Area: 780,580 sq km (301,383 sq mi)
Population: 68,893,918
Capital: Ankara
President: Abdullah Gul
Religion: Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews)
Life Expectancy: 72.08 years
GDP per capita: $6,700
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OSI Assistance Foundation - Turkey
Cevdet Pasa Caddesi
Mercan Apt, No. 85, D.11
Bebek, Istanbul 80811
Turkey
Phone: 90-212-287-9986; 90-212-2
Fax: 90-212-287-9967
Email: info@osiaf.org.tr
Director: Mr. Hakan Altinay
Website: http://www.osiaf.org.tr/
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