The chairman of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), Kemal Kilicdaroglu, responded positively to an Istanbul-Armenian woman’s wishes to run for parliament from their party in the forthcoming election.

CHP, which for the first time has decided to nominate an MP candidate from the national minorities of the country, decided to nominate a female candidate from the Armenian community, reported Ensonhaber website of Turkey.

Accordingly, Kilicdaroglu will soon announce that he will be nominating Istanbul Armenian Talin Ergunes Gazer as an MP candidate from their party.

Turkey’s next parliamentary election is slated for June 7.