As the May 14 election approaches, the minority is determined to turn the page on the war years. Special Envoy to Diyarbakir (south-east Turkey) Sahperi Alpan was assigned a new, "terrorist" role, which she was not ready to play.
"They confiscated my mobile phone, three books on Kurdish history and even returned the laundry bag," she says. "I would have preferred us to talk about literature and directing," says the 29-year-old Kurdish actress.