ISTANBUL: Lawyers for jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan confirmed on Friday that he had called on the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) to remain neutral ahead of Sunday’s Istanbul election re-run.
Ocalan’s lawyers issued a statement from Ocalan after state-owned Anadolu agency reported late on Thursday that he had made such a call to the HDP, which has supported the opposition against the ruling AK Party of President Tayyip Erdogan.
“The democratic alliance approach of the HDP should not be made a part of current election discussions. The importance of the democratic alliance is that it ... insists on its neutral position in elections,” said Ocalan’s statement, dated June 18.
Jailed militant leader tells Kurdish party to be neutral in Istanbul vote: lawyers
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