Greek leader for AKP
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Oluşturulma Tarihi: Ocak 19, 2008 17:06
Costa Salto, the 26-year old son of Simeon Salto, the long-time leader of the Greek Orthodox community in Bozcaada, Çanakkale, has been tapped by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as the new head of the AKP (Justice and Development Party) youth wing.
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On his last visit to Bozcaada, Prime Minister Erdoğan asked the county commissioner Salih Güner whether the district had a youth wing. On hearing that none existed, the PM apparently pointed to Costa Salto and said, “Here is the leader of the youth wing.”
Expressing that he is a Turkish citizen of Christian faith, Salto said, “People ask me, ‘But you’re a Greek, what are you doing with the AKP?’
“That has nothing to do with it. I don’t regard things as a member of the AKP, a Turk, or a Greek. There is one world and everybody lives inside it. It doesn’t matter whether I’m in Turkey, France or Greece. This is how I see the matter,” Salto said.