![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](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/05/RTR1QYGY.jpg/RTR1QYGY.jpg?h=c2c5b897&itok=TLHIgwsh)
Dominique Soguel is an Istanbul-based journalist covering the Middle East with a special focus on Syria. She worked for three years in the region for Agence France-Presse, covering the Libyan conflict and serving as special correspondent in Tripoli in 2012. Primarily a writer and occasional photographer, she branched out to video in 2013 working at AFPTV’s Middle East headquarters in Nicosia. Soguel also worked for Women’s eNews, coordinating Middle East coverage, managing its Arabic website and filing stories from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, Ethiopia as well as the Arab world.
![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](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/05/RTR1QYGY.jpg/RTR1QYGY.jpg?h=c2c5b897&itok=TLHIgwsh)