Edit 09 June 2015: See the following link for an updated list of candidates who signed the LGBTI Rights Pledge, along with the 21 who entered Turkey’s 25th parliament.
57 candidates for parliament signed SPoD LGBTI’s LGBTI Rights Pledge ahead of the elections and promised to protect LGBT rights.
57 candidates for parliament from Malatya, Edirne, Izmir, Ankara, and Istanbul have signed the Social Policies, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Studies Association’s (SPoD) LGBTI Rights Pledge ahead of the June 7 parliamentary elections. Among the signatories are Aylin Nazlıaka, Enis Berberoğlu, Sezgin Tanrıkulu, Filiz Kerestecioğlu, Melda Onur, Pınar Aydınlar, Şafak Pavey, and Musa Çam who say that they LGBTIs are not alone in their struggle.
The pledge is part of the LGBTI in Parliament campaign which aims to create visibility on the rights violations of LGBTIs and all human rights and to realize the dream of a Turkey where no one is oppressed because of their identity. The pledge was signed by 33 candidates from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), 22 candidates from the Republican People’s Party (CHP), 1 independent candidate, and 1 candidate from the Anatolia Party. SPoD LGBTI representatives approached the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) for the LGBTI Rights Pledge but did not get a response from either.
Below is a list of the candidates who have signed the pledge so far:
- Ahmet Akar, MP Candidate for Malatya from HDP
- Aydın Erdoğan, MP Candidate for Malatya from HDP
- Aylin Nazlıaka, MP Candidate for Ankara from CHP
- Betül Kurnaz Kılınç, MP Candidate for Malatya from HDP
- Çilem Öz, MP Candidate for Mersin from HDP
- Elif Bulut, MP Candidate for Istanbul from HDP
- Elif Şahsın Sırlıoğlu, MP Candidate for Istanbul from HDP
- Enis Berberoğlu, MP Candidate for Istanbul from CHP
- Erdal Ataş, MP Candidate for Istanbul from HDP
- Filiz Kerestecioğlu, MP Candidate for Istanbul from HDP
- Gül Yüksel, MP Candidate for Istanbul from CHP
- Gülsüm Ağaoğlu, MP Candidate for Istanbul from HDP
- Hasan Şimşek, MP Candidate for Edirne from HDP
- Hülya İmak, MP Candidate for Istanbul from HDP
- Hülya Yer, MP Candidate for Edirne from HDP
- İnan Güney, MP Candidate for Istanbul from CHP
- İnciser Alptekin, MP Candidate for Istanbul from HDP
- Latife Ulutaş, MP Candidate for Malatya from HDP
- Mahmut Karabulut, MP Candidate for Mersin from HDP
- Melda Onur, MP Candidate for Istanbul from CHP
- Necdet Bali, MP Candidate for Malatya from HDP
- Perihan Yücekaya, MP Candidate for Malatya from HDP
- Pınar Aydınlar, MP Candidate for Izrim from HDP
- Pınar Türk, MP Candidate for Izmir from HDP
- Sedat Zımba, MP Candidate for Edirne from HDP
- Selin Sayek Böke, MP Candidate for Izmir from CHP
- Selina Doğan, MP Candidate for Istanbul from CHP
- Semra Uzunok, MP Candidate for Izmir from HDP
- Ülkü Yalçınkaya, MP Candidate for Izmir from HDP
- Zelal Demir, MP Candidate for Ankara from HDP
- Özlem Şen, MP Candidate for Mersin from HDP
- Ali Tanrıverdi, MP Candidate for Mersin from HDP
- Güven Atabay, MP Candidate for Ordu from HDP
- Şafak Pavey, MP Candidate for Istanbul from CHP
- Zeynep Altıok, MP Candidate for Izmir from CHP
- Musa Çam, MP Candidate for Izmir from CHP
- Deva Özenen, MP Candidate for Izmir from Anadolu Party
- Ali Haydar Konca, MP Candidate for Kocaeli from HDP
- Sevda Özer, MP Candidate for Kocaeli from HDP
- Batuhan Aydagül, MP Candidate for Istanbul, Independent
- Hülya Güntaş, MP Candidate for Istanbul from CHP
- Sezgin Tanrıkulu, MP Candidate for Istanbul from CHP
- Çetin Soysal, MP Candidate for Istanbul from CHP
- Güven Karataş, MP Candidate for Istanbul from CHP
- Didem Engin, MP Candidate for Istanbul from CHP
- Çiğdem Anad, MP Candidate for Istanbul from CHP
- Perihan Ülge, MP Candidate for Denizli from HDP
- Asiye Kolçak, MP Candidate for Bursa from HDP
- Rüstem Avcı, MP Candidate for Bursa from HDP
- M. Deniz Büyük, MP Candidate for Bursa from HDP
- Osman Taney Korutürk, MP Candidate for Istanbul from CHP
- Murad Mıhçı, MP Candidate for Istanbul from HDP
- Oğuz Kaan Salıcı, MP Candidate for Istanbul from CHP
- İlhan Cihaner, MP Candidate for Istanbul from CHP
- Aykut Erdoğdu, MP Candidate for Istanbul from CHP
- Dursun Çiçek, MP Candidate for Istanbul from CHP
- Feride Elçin, MP Candidate for Istanbul from HDP
MEHTAP DOĞAN, Media Director
Media Partner Communication Consultancy
Edit 09 June 2015: See the following link for an updated list of candidates who signed the LGBTI Rights Pledge, along with the 21 who entered Turkey’s 25th parliament.
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