Tag Archives: HDP

The Guardian: Erdoğan’s win in Turkey heralds a surprising rise in the new left

Recep Tayyip Erdogan Wins The Presidential Election In Turkey

‘Teflon Tayyip’ has bounced back to win the Turkish presidency but a new leftist party may be the success story of the election They call him “Teflon Tayyip”. The man who can face down the challenge of Gezi Park, where 11 protesters were killed and 8,000 injured, and tell the world that they’re drunks and terrorists. The man who can tell [...] → Read the full article…

Firat News: Let Us Meet at the Barricades for Peace – Ertuğrul Kürkçü

The co-President of the HDP Ertuğrul Kürkçü, speaking at a meeting of HDP MPs, told those assembled that what suits the Gezi youth is to be demonstrators for peace, not soldiers, and that “we will not die nor we will kill nor will be soldiers for anyone” – according to an article in today’s Özgür Gündem. He went on to [...] → Read the full article…