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Kassab's Armenians find safe haven in Turkey

Some Armenians who fled Syria have been pleasantly surprised by how they have been received in Turkey.
Men rest in Vakifli village, which is located in Hatay province, June 13, 2007. In sleepy Vakifli, Turkey's last surviving ethnic Armenian village, perched high among orange groves overlooking the east Mediterranean, elderly farmers say they will probably vote for the Islamist-rooted AK Party in July 22 elections. Picture taken June 13, 2006. To match feature TURKEY-ELECTION/CHRISTIANS   REUTERS/Umit Bektas (TURKEY) - RTR1QYGY

VAKIFLI, Turkey — Evicted by Islamist rebels from the last Armenian village in Syria, a group of elderly apple farmers have found an idyllic refuge across the border in the land of their historic enemy, Turkey.

Seated on plastic chairs, three brothers recounted how after years of life in the shadow of conflict, war came knocking at their door in Kassab, a Christian Armenian town just across the border from the village of Vakifli.

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