Turkey’s pro-Kurdish “Peoples’ Democratic Party” (HDP) has submitted its MP candidates’ list—for the forthcoming parliamentary election—to the Supreme Electoral Council of the country.
For the first time in Turkey’s history, the HDP submitted the nomination of an Armenian in a passing spot of the list, reported Milliyet daily of Turkey.
Accordingly, the political party presented Garo Paylan, an active member of the Istanbul Armenian community, as No. 2 on the HDP list at Istanbul’s 3rd constituency.
As reported earlier, Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has for the first time nominated an Armenian woman as an MP candidate. The CHP presented Selina Ozuzun Dogan as No. 1 on the party election list at Istanbul’s 2nd constituency.
Turkey’s next parliamentary election is slated for June 7.
