246 people, among which are academics, lawyers, artists, journalists and writers, as well as human rights defenders, announced that they will vote for the Green Left Future Party (Green Left Party) in the 14 May elections. At a press conference held in Izmir Sanat in Kültür Park, the 246 signatories read a text called “For a dignified life and a free future, my vote is for the Green Left Party!” In addition to HDP executives, Green Left Party co-spokesperson Ibrahim Akın, Izmir 1st and 2nd constituencies candidates and many citizens attended the press conference.

Nilgün Toker: We want to get rid of this regime

Academic Nilgün Toker said: “We have been warning about a fascist environment for a long time. Since the declaration of a state of emergency in this country, there has been a process in which the state of emergency has been normalized. I call it a fascist dictatorship. We are going to an election under fascist pressure. This means we are not in an electoral environment where a democratic, pluralistic contest is possible. We want to get rid of this fascist regime with these elections. We are entering an election where people who have not surrendered to fascism want to show their stance by defeating fascism. We said that there is no other way but to be united. We are united. Peace and justice expressed in the Green Left Party are the will of those who have paid a high price for demanding human rights. That's why our votes will go to the Green Left Party."

'I vote for the Green Left Party for a free future'

Academic Zerrin Kurtoğlu read the text titled "My Vote for the Green Left Party for an Honorable Life and a Free Future".

The text reads as follows:

“In order for a democratic, egalitarian and freedom-based new Constitution to be made by the citizens through equal participation and negotiation,

*To fully ensure the separation of powers, to make the balance and control mechanisms effective, and to have an independent and impartial judiciary,

*To end centralization and build a strong local democracy,

* For a democratic and peaceful solution to the Kurdish problem,

* To put an end to unemployment, poverty, flexible and insecure work, exploitation of labor and work-related deaths,

*To put an end to the trustee regime, which ignores the will of the electorate and has become a form of government,

*To end the usurpation of rights and discrimination through Decree-Laws (KHK), for the right to have rights,

*To end the domination of men over women and to establish gender equality,

*To eliminate all kinds of inequality and discrimination in social, cultural and political fields,

* For freedom of belief and conscience, plurality of beliefs and equal citizenship,

* To defend the right to life of everyone living in the country by combating anti-refugee racism and to ensure peaceful and equal coexistence,

*In order to live in an ecosystem where there is no hierarchical order between living things and where all living and non-living things coexist,

*To build a Democratic Republic based on the principles of local democracy, a democratic and ecological society, gender equality, freedom and human rights in a pluralistic political system,

* My vote is for the candidates of the Green Left Party, as they are the collective voice of a free new life; workers, women, Armenians, Alevis, Kurds, Turks, Yazidis, Circassians, Roma, Muslims, Bosnians, Laz, Jews, Christians, Georgians, Assyrians; all peoples and beliefs living in this country, refugees and migrants, children, young people, the elderly, the disabled, believers and non-believers, all oppressed identities, those who cannot speak their mother tongue. In short, my vote for the Green Left Party for a dignified life and a free future"

Green Left Party co-spokesperson Ibrahim Akın said: "This election is an opportunity for us. Indeed, Turkey has an opportunity to change its destiny. It is an important election not only for Turkey but also for the region. We represent 17 parties. Every vote is very important."

Akın called on people to attend the Green Left Party rally to be held at Gündoğdu Square on 12 May at 17.30.