A delegation led by the European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy (EAFJD) was invited by the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP, Halklarin Demokratik Partisi) for a short term observation mission to the Parliamentary Elections of Turkey on 7 June, 2015, the official website of the organization reports.

On Election Day, the EAFJD delegation visited a number of electoral districts and centres, noting all the violations and difficulties which the opposition parties in general and the HDP in particular faced. The findings of the delegation will be published in a report in the coming days. After voting, the delegation followed the election results at the HDP Istanbul Central Office.

Kaspar Karampetian, President of EAFJD, welcomed the results of the elections. ‘We are happy that three Armenians are elected to the Parliament, and at the same time we are pleased that HDP could exceed the threshold of 10% that would allow them to enter the Parliament with an unprecedented representation,’ he said.