HDP on İstanbul Elections: One Man Rule Collapsed
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HDP Co-Chair Sezai Temelli said it was their party's voters who made the difference in the elections.
"It is needed to evaluate these results beyond the elections. The voters' reactions have been reflected on the ballot box. Those who want peace, democracy and freedom once again cast their votes. The voters gave us a message.
"They said society is sided with peace and they want peace. Those who prefer peace won. From now on, we think we will develop the alliance of democracy that was reflected on the ballot box. The results say we will continue to develop the alliance of democracy. We will work to develop the alliance of democracy.
"Turkey needs the alliance of democracy. These election results showed this once again. From now on, we will continue with those who want democracy and peace."
MP Garo Paylan said that the HDP voters went to the polling stations "with more determination."
"Now, we must work for a pluralist democracy. We must continue our struggle for democracy without thinking about who won and who lost.
"There was much speculation about the HDP voters. Now, we should leave aside who supports HDP, CHP, AKP, or İYİ (Good) Party. The one-man rule has collapsed in Turkey. We must repair the democracy. From tomorrow, we must work for all the people of Turkey, be it Kurds, Turks, Armenians." (PT/EMK/VK)
Editor of bianet Women’s News (2018). Editor of bianet Women’s and LGBTI+ News from October 2018 to February 2025. She conducts workshops on gender-focused journalism and reporting on gender-based violence. She is among the founders of the Women and LGBTI+ Commission of the Journalists’ Union of Turkey (TGS). She is a board member of the TGS Istanbul Branch for the 2023–2027 term. She received the Musa Anter Journalism Award in 2011 and the Turkish Psychiatric Association’s Best News Award in 2024. She worked as a reporter for Cumhuriyet, BirGün, İMC TV, DİHA, Jinha, and Jin News, and also worked for local newspapers in Rize. Her news reports and articles have been published in Sivil Sayfalar, Yeşil Gazete, Journo, and trade magazines. She is one of the founding writers of GOR, a Hemşin culture magazine. She contributed writings to the books Yeşilden Maviye Karadenizden Kadın Portreleri, Sırtında Sepeti, and Medya ve Yalanlar. She was a bianet intern in 2000. She graduated from the Department of International Relations at Istanbul Bilgi University.
bianet dış haberler ve iklim krizi editörü. Habertürk ve Vatan gazetelerinde muhabirlik ve politika editörlüğü yaptı. Marmara Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Radyo, TV ve Sinema Bölümü mezunu.
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