Swing vote in hand, Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party holds cards close to its chest
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When İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu won re-run elections on June 23, 2019, he delivered a victory speech saying he’d serve as a unity candidate. "We are here to make peace, to congregate, to reconcile, to talk, to love each other," he said. More than three years later, Ferhat Encü remains unconvinced. Encü, an İstanbul co-chair for the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), said he believes İmamoğlu hasn’t fulfilled his promises to bridge differences between Turkey’s highly-polarized electorate.
Swing vote in hand, Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party holds cards close to its chest
Swing vote in hand, Turkey’s pro-Kurdish…
Swing vote in hand, Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party holds cards close to its chest
When İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu won re-run elections on June 23, 2019, he delivered a victory speech saying he’d serve as a unity candidate. "We are here to make peace, to congregate, to reconcile, to talk, to love each other," he said. More than three years later, Ferhat Encü remains unconvinced. Encü, an İstanbul co-chair for the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), said he believes İmamoğlu hasn’t fulfilled his promises to bridge differences between Turkey’s highly-polarized electorate.