The Social Policies, Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Studies Association (SPoD) submitted the LGBTI-Friendly Municipality Protocol to mayoral candidates in the upcoming local elections to remind local administrations of their responsibility to fulfill LGBTI rights.
The protocol text is as follows:
LGBTI-Friendly Municipality Protocol
I, the undersigned candidate for …. Mayor declare my commitment:
- To take concrete steps to bring forth an egalitarian, libertarian, transparent and participatory local administration mentality and will work to protect and improve LGBTI people’s rights and freedoms,
- To actualize policies that will allow LGBTI people to equally benefit from access to public services, the right to health care, the right to housing, the right to employment, and the right to transportation,
- To consider these policies in budget preparations,
- To cooperate with LGBTI associations and initiatives to ensure that city services are encompassing,
- To draft regulations of non-discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity within the municipality,
- To provide training to municipality employees on LGBTI rights and discrimination,
- To be an LGBTI-friendly mayor.
This protocol text has been drafted by the Social Policies, Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Studies Association (SPoD) to be presented to mayoral candidates and to remind them of their responsibility to fulfill LGBTI rights.
Mayoral candidates from the People’s Democratic Party (HDP), the Republican People’s Party (CHP), the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) have signed the LGBTI-Friendly Municipality Protocol.
The list of candidates who have so far signed the protocol is as follows and the candidates who have won in the elections of 30 March 2014 are in bold:
BDP Mersin Akdeniz Municipality Co-Mayoral Candidate Yüksel Mutlu
BDP Mersin Yenişehir Municipality Co-Mayoral Candidates Saniye Ağbay and Hasan Kapıkıran
BDP Mersin Mezitli Municipality Co-Mayoral Candidate Muazzez Araç
BDP Mersin Toroslar Municipality Co-Mayoral Candidate Emine Kocadağ
HDP Adana Municipality Co-Mayoral Candidate Leyla Uyar
HDP Adana Çukurova Municipality Co-Mayoral Candidates Kamuran Çetinkaya and Fatma Şahin
HDP Adana Seyhan Municipality Co-Mayoral Candidates Ayhan Bilgen and Meliha Varışlı
HDP Adana Yüreğir Municipality Co-Mayoral Candidate Beyhan Günyeli
HDP Ankara Çankaya Municipality Co-Mayoral Candidates Mükremin Barut and Elçin Öz
HDP Balıkesir Ayvalık Municipality Co-Mayoral Candidates Piraye Bayman and Cemil Tosunoğlu
HDP Çanakkale Municipality Co-Mayoral Candidates Şeyhmus Aslan and Rahime Kanilga
HDP Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality Mayoral Candidate Cemal Küçükbaş
HDP Eskişehir Odunpazarı Municipality Co-Mayoral Candidates İzzettin Altun and Yıldız Karasu
HDP Istanbul Avcılar Municipality Co-Mayoral Candidate Zehra Şahin
HDP Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayoral Candidate Sırrı Süreyya Önder
HDP Istanbul Bakırköy Municipality Co-Mayoral Candidates Nivari Bakırcıoğlu and Vahit Genç
HDP Istanbul Beşiktaş Municipality Co-Mayoral Candidates Ahmet Saymadı and Sevda Bayramoğlu
HDP Istanbul Beyoğlu Municipality Co-Mayoral Candidates Seyhan Alma Ürek and Korhan Gümüş
HDP Istanbul Çekmeköy Municipality Co-Mayoral Candidates Azat Altun and Pakize Gürhan
HDP Istanbul Eyüp Municipality Co-Mayoral Candidates Halis Ertaş and Asya Ülker
HDP Istanbul Fatih Municipality Co-Mayoral Candidates Turhan Yıldırım and Menice Çelik
HDP Istanbul Kadıköy Municipality Co-Mayoral Candidates Mukaddes Çelik and İsmet Sadıkoğlu
HDP Istanbul Sancaktepe Municipality Co-Mayoral Candidate Engin Aras and Nahide Kılıç
HDP Istanbul Şişli Municipality Co-Mayoral Candidates Kenan Yenice and Ayşe Berktay
CHP Istanbul Beşiktaş Municipality Mayoral Candidate Murat Hazinedar
CHP Istanbul Kadıköy Municipality Mayoral Candidate Aykurt Nuhoğlu
CHP Istanbul Şişli Municipality Mayoral Candidate Hayri İnönü
TKP Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayoral Candidate Aydemir Güler
TKP Sakarya Municipality Mayoral Candidate Eray Diriarın
DSP Mersin Municipality Mayoral Candidate Emrah Küçükkapdan
DSP Mersin Yenişehir Municipality Mayoral Candidate H. Okan Özlü
DSP Mezitli Municipality Mayoral Candidate Nazan Aktolun
SPoD invites all city and district mayoral candidates to sign the LGBTI-Friendly Municipality Protocal.
Contact: [email protected]
SPoD /Hayat Çelik
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