The Green Left Party's (YSP) election campaign coordination in Europe is appealing to all eligible voters not only to cast their vote, but also to motivate others to do so. The goal in the parliamentary elections in Turkey is ten million votes.
The European Election Coordination of the Green Left Party (YSP) wants to win ten million votes in the parliamentary elections in Turkey.
In a statement on Wednesday, the European Election Coordination of the Green Left Party said: "The elections in Turkey on 14 May are only a short time away. We are planning and developing the different stages of the electoral calendar we are facing abroad. As we know, the elections abroad will start on 27 April and end on 9 May. The first stage of the preparatory work we started in March for the elections was mainly dedicated to voter survey and re-registration. During this period, thanks to the valuable efforts of the electoral coordination and relevant institutions, thousands of new voter registrations were made, thus achieving a very important success."
The Green Left Party, supported by the Labour and Freedom Alliance and the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), announced an election programme in Ankara last week under the title "We are here, we will change things together". The YSP's election coordination in Europe also endorses this slogan and focuses on using the remaining time in a results-oriented way. In the second phase of the election campaign, the motto is that all participants should win at least ten votes each for the YSP. The goal is ten million votes, according to the European Coordination, which further stated the following:
"We know that the HDP received more than six million votes in previous elections. There are millions of eligible voters who are angry with the AKP/MHP alliance, which has plunged Turkey into a political, economic and social crisis, insists on a war against the Kurdish people and builds and maintains its regime through war.
Moreover, there are millions of hopeful people inside and outside Turkey who believe in women's freedom, democracy, ecology and the fraternity of peoples. When we say, 'We are here, we will change things together', we carry hope against despair. That is why it is important for those eligible to vote who have migrated abroad for political, economic and many other reasons to take an active role in the elections and to organise themselves.
The future belongs to us, the future belongs to the forces of democracy and the peoples. As Kurds, Turks, Turkmen, Arabs, Assyrians, Armenians, Circassians, Laz, Bosnians, Pomaks, Hamshenis, Alevis, Muslims, Yazidis and Christians, we call on all our institutions and electoral coordinations to work with a creative style of organisation to reflect our colour and will for the future.
Under the circumstances, we say that it is not enough for all eligible voters to just cast their votes. At the same time, all YSP voters have the task of convincing their neighbours and their environment to vote for the Green Left Party. Since even this is not enough to get ten million votes, we call for mobilisation abroad to convince at least ten eligible voters in Turkey to vote for the YSP."
