Green Left Party opens its electoral campaign in Istanbul
The Green Left Party opened its first election stand in Istanbul, in Kadıköy Pier Square, accompanied by dances.
The Green Left Party started its electoral campaign in Istanbul with a stand in Kadıköy Pier Square. The stand, which was opened at the presence of HDP Deputy Musa Piroğlu, was immediately very crowded. The police tried to prevent people from dancing, but the crowd loudly protested.
Green Left Party Kadıköy District co-chair, Koray Türkay, called on people to go to the polling station as observers.
HDP Istanbul MP, Musa Piroğlu, said: “They closed our party down many times, they attacked us many times. They thought that they would stop us by closing our parties, arresting our deputies, and taking our presidents hostage. They thought that they would prevent the honorable struggle of the people. They failed. If they think they will stop the HDP and hinder our will in this election, they will fail again. When they close the HDP, the Yeşil Sol (Green Left) party emerges. They couldn't stop us with trustees. They raided our buildings, and again they couldn't stop us. Because the HDP is not a building, the HDP is not a ballot box. The HDP is the people, the HDP is the struggle itself, the HDP is the will of the people.”
Underlining that on 14 May, an important election will take place, Piroğlu continued: “They impose tyranny on us, they impose hell on us. We are going to the elections in the shadow of the earthquake. More than a hundred thousand people were left to die under the rubble before our eyes. The wounded were left to freeze to death. And our bodies are still waiting under the rubble. They sold tents, blood and food for money, and now they think that with the same money they can build houses and buildings and buy our lives. We will show them our answer in the ballot box.”
Piroğlu said: “What we need is accountability. We need to hold the government accountable for this corruption. We need to hold the government accountable for our people killed in the earthquake. We need to ensure that today's sultans, today's murderers, today's thieves, are tried and punished tomorrow. And for that, we have to continue to stand together. We will win.”
