Osman Özçelik: Former Kurdish Parliamentarian, Refugee in Switzerland, He Chooses to Return

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A member of the Turkish parliament between 2007 and 2011, this ardent defender of Kurdish culture fled his country and took refuge in Switzerland four years ago. In a few days, he will leave his Voodoo village of Chavornay to return to his native landsMarching on the Place de la Riponne, Osman Özçelik points his finger at the Palace of Rumine. "This is where our future was designed." In this building was signed, on 24 July 1923, the Treaty of La…