Mesut Yılmaz
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Ahmet Mesut Yılmaz was a Turkish politician. He was the leader of the Motherland Party from 1991 to 2002, and served three times as Prime Minister of Turkey. His first two prime-ministerial terms last
Yılmaz in 1996
Foreign Minister Mesut Yılmaz behind Prime Minister Turgut Özal and President of the European Commission Jacques Delors
Hemshin people
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The Hemshin people, also known as Hemshinli or Hamshenis or Homshetsi, are an ethnographic group of Armenians who mostly practice Sunni Islam after their conversion from Christianity in the beginning
Mesut Yılmaz
…to January 1999. The first was brought to an end by defeat in the 1991 elections, the latter two by the breakdown of Yılmaz' coalition governments. Of Hamsheni origin, Mesut Yılmaz was a rising star in the Motherland Party of Turgut Özal, representing the Black Sea province of Rize in the parliament and serving…
Hemsheni women in Rize, Turkey
Traditional Hemshin bagpipe, Çamlıhemşin, Rize, Turkey.
Hemshin musician Behçet Gülas plays the tulum.
A scenic view in Çamlıhemşin, mostly populated by western Hemshinlis.