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Turkish statesperson of Kurdish ancestry (born 1973)

Also known as: Selâhattin Demirtaş, Селахаттин Демирташ, صلاح الدين دميرطاش, 셀라하틴 데미르타쉬, セラハッティン・デミルタシュ, 塞拉赫丁·德米尔塔什

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