Source: “İşte Seçimde Meclise Giren LGBTİ Hakları Takipçişi Milletvekilleri” (“List of LGBTI Rights-Following Representatives Chosen for Parliament in Election”), Gzone, 2 November 2015, http://gzone.com.tr/iste-secimde-meclise-giren-lgbti-haklari-takipcisi-milletvekilleri/
LGBTI rights very rarely came to the forefront of the most recent election period. There were no openly identified LGBTI individuals on the candidate lists of any of the parties, but following yesterday’s election, there were some representatives chosen from among LGBTI rights-defending CHP and HDP representatives who had signed the LGBTI Rights Pledge.
As a result of the “LGBTIs in Parliament” campaign led by SPoD LGBTI with support from LGBTI activists from all over Turkey leading up to the June 7th 2015 general elections, 22 representatives from the CHP and HDP signed the LGBTI Rights Agreement upon being elected. After the November 1st repeat of the general election, 16 of these candidates were elected once again.
The full list of candidates as published by SPoD LGBTI is as follows:
- Aylin Nazlıaka CHP Ankara Representative
- Selin Sayek Böke CHP Izmir Representative
- Zeynep Altıok CHPIzmir Representative
- Musa Çam CHPIzmir Representative
- Oğuz Kaan Salıcı CHP Istanbul Representative
- İlhan Cihaner CHP Istanbul Representative
- Aykut Erdoğdu CHP Istanbul Representative
- Dursun Çiçek CHP Istanbul Representative
- Selina Doğan CHP Istanbul Representative
- Şafak Pavey CHP Istanbul Representative
- Enis Berberoğlu CHP Istanbul Representative
- Sezgin Tanrıkulu CHP Istanbul Representative
- Didem Engin CHP Istanbul Representative
- Erdal Ataş HDP Istanbul Representative
- Filiz Kerestecioğlu HDP Istanbul Representative
- Onursal Adıgüzel CHP Istanbul Representative