WorldPingElif Eralp: ‘Germany’s Zohran Mamdani’ who vows to be a mayor for all Berliners
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Die Linke candidate, a lawyer affected by her experiences as the child of political migrants from Turkey, poised to head Berlin coalition government Elif Eralp launched her election bid last autumn with the blunt statement: “People like me are actual…
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- Reported by The Guardian and published Thu, 24 Sep 2026 04:00:09 UTC.
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