"Habib Ekrem Celik, an evangelical protestant, decided to run after ultranationalists slaughtered three Christians, one of them a friend of his, at a missionary bookstore in April in the eastern city of Malatya.
The forty-something Celik says he wants to end prejudice against Christians converts in this 99-percent Muslim nation.
"They covered building facades around our church with Turkish flags to intimidate us," he said, "but, hey, brother, I'm a Turk too - I respect the flag."
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