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Three Armenians Elected to Turkey’s Parliament

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Turkey’s Ruling AKP Loses Majority in Parliament, HDP Receives 13 Percent of Votes

ISTANBUL, Turkey (A.W.)—About 86 percent of around 53 million eligible voters cast their ballots and elected 550 members to Turkey’s Parliament, among them Armenians Garapet (Garo) Paylan, who ran on the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) list, Markar Esayan from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), and Selina ?zuzun»Do?an from the Republican People’s Party (CHP), reported»Turkish media.

Selahattin Demirta? told journalists gathered at the Istanbul offices of the HDP that the party now truly belonged to all of Turkey (Photo: The Armenian Weekly)

According to 99 percent of the votes counted, AKP garnered around 41 percent of the votes (258 seats) in today’s parliamentary election, based on data released by the»state-run TRT. HDP, on the other hand, broke the 10 percent barrier and received around 13 percent of the votes, gaining 79 seats in Parliament, while CHP earned 25 percent (132 seats), and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) 16 percent (81 seats).

As the results trickled in, and it became clear that HDP had earned more than 10 percent of the votes, party co-chair Selahattin Demirta? told journalists gathered at the Istanbul offices of the HDP that the party now truly belonged to all of Turkey.

HDP candidates and supporters, including party co-chair Selahattin Demirta? (center) and Garo Paylan (right) at the HDP offices in Istanbul (Photo: Garo Paylan’s Twitter page)

Among HDP’s other Armenian candidates were Murad Mih?i and Filor Uluk Benli. HDP candidates also included Yezidis and Assyrians alongside Kurds. Moreover, 268 female candidates ran on the HDP list—the highest number of women among the political parties running for election.

HDP faired especially well in the southeast of the country. In the provinces of Diyarbakir, Mardin, Batman, Van, and Hakkari, the party received over 70 percent of the votes.

The AKP needed 367 seats in order to introduce the “new constitution,” an objective President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had talked about on many occasions. The new constitution would have turned Turkey from a parliamentary system into an executive presidency, giving the president more powers.»The AKP’s support was down from the 50 percent of the votes (327 seats) it received in the 2011 election.



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Turkey’s Ruling AKP Loses Majority in Parliament, HDP Receives 13 Percent of Votes ISTANBUL, Turkey (A.W.)—About 86 percent of around 53 million eligible voters cast their ballots and elected 550 members to Turkey’s Parliament, among them Armenians Garapet (Garo) Paylan, who ran on the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) list, Markar Esayan from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), and Selina ?zuzun»Do?an from the Republican People’s Party (CHP), reported»Turkish media. Selahattin Demirta? told journalists gathered at the Istanbul offices of the HDP that the party now truly belonged to all of Turkey (Photo: The Armenian Weekly) According to 99 percent of the votes counted, AKP garnered around 41 percent of the votes (258 seats) in today’s parliamentary election, based on data released by the»state-run TRT. HDP, on the other hand, broke the 10 percent barrier and received around 13 percent of the votes, gaining 79 seats in Parliament, while CHP earned 25 percent (132 seats), and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) 16 percent (81 seats). As the results trickled in, and it became clear that HDP had earned more than 10 percent of the votes, party co-chair Selahattin Demirta? told journalists gathered at the Istanbul offices of the HDP [...]

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Turkey’s Ruling AKP Loses Majority in Parliament, HDP Receives 13 Percent of Votes ISTANBUL, Turkey (A.W.)—About 86 percent of around 53 million eligible voters cast their ballots and elected 550 members to Turkey’s Parliament, among them Armenians Garapet (Garo) Paylan, who ran on the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) list, Markar Esayan from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), and Selina ?zuzun»Do?an from the Republican People’s Party (CHP), reported»Turkish media. Selahattin Demirta? told journalists gathered at the Istanbul offices of the HDP that the party now truly belonged to all of Turkey (Photo: The Armenian Weekly) According to 99 percent of the votes counted, AKP garnered around 41 percent of the votes (258 seats) in today’s parliamentary election, based on data released by the»state-run TRT. HDP, on the other hand, broke the 10 percent barrier and received around 13 percent of the votes, gaining 79 seats in Parliament, while CHP earned 25 percent (132 seats), and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) 16 percent (81 seats). As the results trickled in, and it became clear that HDP had earned more than 10 percent of the votes, party co-chair Selahattin Demirta? told journalists gathered at the Istanbul offices of the HDP [...]

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