ELECTIONS 2023

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• Fırtına: "I promise to work for a democratic republic  

  Green Left Party candidate Kerem Fırtına said: "I promise to work for the democratic republic without giving up and without taking a step back."
• Swedish Left Party supports Green Left Party in Turkey’s elections 

  The Swedish Left Party (Vänster) announced its full support for the Green Left Party in the upcoming elections. The party will also send an observer delegation to monitor the elections on May 14.
• Çandar: Erdoğan will leave the political stage 

  Turkish journalist and publicist Cengiz Çandar is running in the parliamentary elections on the Green Left Party list in Amed. In order to contribute to a regime change in Turkey, he has returned from Sweden after seven years.
• Aktar: Turkey will wake up to a bright new day after the elections 

  Mehmet Emin Aktar, a candidate of the Green Left Party for Diyarbakır, urged citizens to go to the polls and to ensure election safety.
• Federation of Alevi Associations: We will bring our struggle to Parliament with our candidate  

  Zeynel Abidin Koç, President of the Federation of Alevi Associations, said that they will bring their struggle for equal citizenship to the Parliament with the Green Left Party Istanbul candidate Celal Fırat.
• Women in Istanbul: "Let’s get rid of the AKP-MHP regime" 

  Women told Green Left Party candidates canvassing in Beyoğlu and Esenyurt, in Istanbul, “Let’s get rid of the AKP; Women will win”.
• Sarısaç: We have the choice to define the new century 

  Green Left Party Antep candidate Murat Sarısaç said: "We have the choice to define the new century."
• The only way is the Green Left Party 

  Two things are important in the 14 May elections: the first is to overthrow the AKP-MHP fascism, and the second is a strong representation by the Green Left Party, i.e. the main party of the Labour and Freedom Alliance, in Parliament.
• Solidarity with Kurdistan Norway: Turkish election represents a choice between two futures 

  Solidarity with Kurdistan Norway expresses solidarity with the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and other progressive forces running for election in Turkey.
• Olan: The Green Left Party is the address of peace and democracy 

  Bitlis candidate Hüseyin Olan said that the Green Left Party is the address of peace and democracy, and called on the peoples of Turkey to support the party.
• Seylan: We will fight for human rights for everyone 

  Ihsan Seylan, one of the executives of the October 10 Peace Association and the Ankara 2nd Region 1st candidate, said: "I believe that we will get rid of evil on 14 May."
• Öztürk: We will break the isolation in Imrali 

  Speaking at the Green Left Party's public meeting in Kayapınar, Berdan Öztürk drew attention to the isolation imposed upon Abdullah Öcalan and said that “as long as this isolation continues, no one can talk to us about a free life."
• Australia’s Socialist Alliance in solidarity with the Green Left Party 

  “We wish the Green Left Party success in the general election and reaffirm our ongoing solidarity,” said the Socialist Alliance in Australia.
• Ertaş: Green Left Party aims to win all 8 seats in Van 

  Taylan Ertaş, one of the candidates of the Green Left Party for Van province, said that his party would win all deputies in the city in the elections on May 14.
• Kocakaya: Each deputy to be elected in Malatya will be a 'wind of change' 

  Green Left Party candidate Perihan Kocakaya said that each deputy to be elected in Malatya will be like a 'wind of change' in the country.
• Don’t vote for an onion that costs 30 TL per kilo!  

  The poster "Don’t vote for an onion that costs 30 TL per kilo" on the stand of the Green Left Party in Kadıköy, Istanbul, is one of the things that attracts the attention of the people who are overwhelmed by the economic crisis.
• Information stand opens in Düsseldorf  

  An information stand was opened in Düsseldorf as part of the 14 May elections.
• Labor and Freedom Alliance carries out election work in Baden-Württemberg and Bayern 

  In the states of Baden-Württemberg and Bayern, the Labor and Freedom Alliance Election Commissions, which included hundreds of people, held a press conference and called on everyone to the polls between 27 April and 9 May.
• HDP and Green Left Party Van candidates meet press representatives  

  The HDP and Green Left Party Van Provincial Executives came together with the press representatives working in Van at an iftar dinner.
• Message from jailed politicians Ayla Akat Ata and Sebahat Tuncel 

  Jailed politicians Ayla Akat Ata and Sebahat Tuncel said from prison that the path to democracy and freedom will be established by the Green Left Party in the 14 May elections.
• Over 64 million people eligible to vote in elections in Turkey and abroad 

  On 14 May 2023, Turkey will elect a new president and parliament. According to the Supreme Election Board, more than 60 million people are eligible to vote in Turkey and over 3 million abroad.
• Green Left Party Candidate Saki: Not a single vote should be wasted 

  Özgül Saki, one of the candidates of the Green Left Party for Istanbul, who defines herself as a 'socialist feminist', urged voters to go to the polls, adding: "It is of vital importance to win as many deputies as possible."
• Boz: We will work for the Kurds to have a political status 

  Sümeyye Boz, a female candidate of the Green Left Party for Muş province, said that "We will advocate education in mother language and a political status for the Kurds."
• Gökalp: We will stand against rights violations 

  Green Left Party Bitlis candidate Semra Çağlar Gökalp said that they will stand against violations, and that they will work for the abolition of unequal and unjust execution laws and for the passing of laws that protect human dignity.
• Uçar: We will get rid of the AKP-MHP regime 

  Speaking at the opening of the Green Left Party's women's election office in Van, Co-spokesperson Çiğdem Kılıçgün Uçar said that the AKP-MHP regime will go and the Green Left will begin a new era.