TUNCELI, Turkey (Reuters) - Capitalism is too firmly entrenched in Turkey to be uprooted overnight, according to the country's sole communist mayor, but small steps to create local jobs and promote cooperative farming can help nudge it along "the path to socialism".
Fatih Macoglu, from the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP), took over as mayor of the central district of Tunceli this month after victory in March 31 local elections, which saw President Tayyip Erdogan's ruling Islamist-rooted AK Party lose control of the capital Ankara and Turkey's business hub, Istanbul.