Fifty-two institutions representing “Kurdish, Turkish, Laz, Armenian, Circassian, Yazidi, Syriac, Alevi, Christian, Muslim and the oppressed people” in Europe, have declared their support for the Peoples’ Democratic Party at the forthcoming elections on 24 June.

The organizations have said their support to the HDP and its presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş aims to “defeat fascism and a regime that doesn’t listen to people’s voice”.

A crowded selection of representatives of organizations as well as writers, politicians, academics and artists announced their support for the HDP in a meeting at the Democratic Kurdish Community Center in Cologne.

On behalf of the platform, HDK European Spokesperson Demir Çelik read the statement. "We, institutions and organizations living in Europe, want to share with the public opinion our decision to support the HDP in the 24 June elections”.

In the joint statement the 52 institutions and organizations said: “For democracy and liberties, all repressive regimes should be condemned and defeated. The 16-year AKP dictatorship wants to darken our future by institutionalizing fascism by governing the country under Emergency legislation”.

The statement underlined the need for unity among all nations and oppressed people. Because “unity is the tool to beat fascism and to secure a democratic and free life”.

The 52 signatories made the following points to support the HDP and the presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş:

* We invite all peoples to unite within the HDP, our common house against the fascist AKP-MHP.

* For peace and against war policies we say: HDP.

* To beat the one-man regime we say: Selahattin Demirtaş and HDP.

* For a free, democratic and equal future we say: HDP.

The signatories are:

1. KCDK-E (European Kurdish Democratic Societies Congress )

2. AABK (European Alevi Unions Confederation)

3. TJK-E (Kurdish Women’s Movement in Europe)

4. E.S.U European Syriacs Union

5. Association of Democratic Armenians in Belgium

6. HDK-A (Peoples’ Democratic Congress - Europe)

7. ATIK (Confederation of Workers from Turkey in Europe)

8. BAF (European Platform for Peace against War and Dictatorship)

9. DIDF / Federation of Democratic Workers’ Unions)

10. ADHK / European Federation of Democratic Peoples

11. AvEG-KON/ European Confederation of Oppressed Immigrant

12. People’s House in Europe

13. Ciwanên Azad and Jinên Ciwan

14. ADKH (Movement of Democratic Women in Europe)

15. Kurdish Institute in Brussels

16. Mesopotamian People’s Congress (Assyrian-Syriac)

17. KKP/ Kurdistan Communist Party

18. Kurdish People’s House in Berlin

19. Bergischgladbache Union of Sivas People

20. Kurdische Gemeinde zu Berlin-Brandenburg e.V

21. Kurdisches Zentrum e.V

22. New Women

23. YDG / New Democratic Youth

24. SKB / Socialist Women’s Union

25. FEDA / Democratic Alevi Federation

26. CIK / Kurdistan Islamic Society

27. NAV-YEK / European Associations of Ezidis

28. Shengal Ezidî Assembly Dervaye Welat

29. World to Live

30. Partizan

31. MDDK / Mesopotamia Democratic Change Congress (Assyrians)

32. ADEF (European Democratic Dersim Unions Federation)

33. SYKP / Sosyalist Yeniden Kuruluş Partisi

34. FDG / European Federation of Associations of Dersim

35. Green Left Party - Europe

36. Platform of KESK Unionists in Exile

37. Revolutionary Party - Europe

38. FIDEF (Federal Germany Workers’ Unions Federation)

39. NOR-ZARTOK Europe (Armenian Institution)

40. European Platform of Black Sea People

41. Labor and Freedom Front Europe Initiative

42. YS / Young Struggle

43. European Maras Initiative

44. European Assembly of Exiles

45. European Platform of Koçgiri People

46. European Initiative of Kürecik People

47. Reconstructing Dersim

48. Prisoners’ Voice Platform

49. Labor and Freedom Front -international

50. Dersim Union against Genocide1938 e.V

51. Revolutionary Communar

52. Zentrum Berlin