Both the irregular militias and ALP units have been accused of robberies, killings, blackmail and forcing women into marriage, provincial officials say.

At the movement’s Manhattan office, the Alliance for Shared Values, the executive director, Alp Aslandoğan, told me repeatedly that an interview might never happen.

There was a cow - though not a real one - outside the Alp and Dell Cheese Store , which is connected to the factory.