Women intellectuals: Parliament needs HDP
ISTANBUL (DİHA) – With just days left until Turkey's election, messages of support are continuing to rain in for the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) from every segment of Turkey's society—from workers to academics.
"I support the HDP's elections manifesto and its way of taking up problems in Turkey," said Turkish novelist Adalet Ağaoğlu. "I very much want the HDP to enter Parliament as a new party, for all the right reasons. The Parliament needs this new voice."
Batu to put her signature under HDP's
Pelin Batu, Turkish actor and author, said the HDP's election manifesto "deeply affected" her. "Whether you look at human rights, the articles related to women, the co-chair [gender parity] system, environmental rights or the minority issue compared to the other party manifestoes, I can put my signature under the HDP's," said Batu. Batu noted that she had had enough of the strained political atmosphere in Turkey.
"As a citizen, I want to see a parliamentarian who's peaceful and humane; I'm tired of fighting," she said. Batu will be taking part in the citizen poll-monitoring group "The Vote and Beyond" to monitor vote security on election day—June 7.
Kip to vote HDP for peace, justice and freedom
The human rights lawyer Seda Kip noted the need for peace, justice and freedom in Turkey. "I know these values are as necessary to people as bread and water," she said. She will be voting HDP to see these values in Parliament.
Ersoy calls on all women
Oya Ersoy is the head of the Halkevleri, the system of community centers originally founded by the Turkish state that is now a civil society organization. She says the AKP's most thoroughly conducted accomplishment over the years of its rule has been to promote hatred against women. She called on all women to take to the polls on June 7 to vote for the HDP.
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