The Jasmine Movement (Greek: Κίνημα Γιασεμί; Turkish: Yasemin Hareketi) is a political movement in Cyprus.
Jasmine Movement Κίνημα Γιασεμί Yasemin Hareketi | |
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| Founded | 2019 |
| Headquarters | Nicosia, Cyprus |
| Newspaper | Avrupa |
| Ideology | Socialism Left-wing nationalism Anti-imperialism Cypriotism Unitarism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| European affiliation | None |
| House of Representatives | 0 / 56
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| European Parliament | 0 / 6
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| Municipal Councils | 0 / 478
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| Website | |
| jasmine | |
Jasmine Movement was established by Afrika newspaper's chief editor Şener Levent.[1] It mainly consists of Turkish Cypriots struggling against Turkey and Turkish occupation of the north of the Island.[2] The movement supports a unitary solution concerning the reunification of Cyprus, but does not oppose to a federal solution if the proposed plan will be a transitional stage to the unitary Cypriot state and not a springboard for separate states.[3]
In 2019, the Jasmine Movement participated in the European Parliament elections held in the areas controlled by the Republic of Cyprus. The movement received 1.70% of the countrywide vote,[4] and 23.57% of the Turkish Cypriot vote.[5] Also, it was the first in the political history of Cyprus to be participating in the European Parliament elections with a full list of only Turkish Cypriot candidates and received 72.11% of its votes from Greek Cypriot voters.[6] Union of Cypriots supported the Jasmine Movement in the elections,[7] as the organisation's president Oz Karahan was one of the six candidates in the movement's list.[8][9]
2019 European Parliament election candidates for the party
editŞener Levent - Journalist, peace activist and the chief editor for Afrika newspaper[10]
Ibrahim Aziz - Journalist, researcher, political analyst and peace activist[10]
Oz Karahan - Political activist, peace activist and the current chairman of Union of Cypriots[10]
Leyla Hüseyin Kıralp - Journalist, author and peace activist[10]
Zeki Beştepeli - Economist and peace activist[10]
Faize Özdemirciler - Journalist, author and peace activist[10]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Αυτοί είναι οι έξι "εκλεκτοί" του κινήματος Γιασεμί για τις Ευρωεκλογές". Alpha TV Cyprus (in Greek). Cyprus. 26 February 2019. Archived from the original on 4 January 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ Günaydın, Enis (18 May 2019). "Türkiye karşıtı Yasemin Hareketi Kıbrıslı Türklerin oylarıyla AP'ye girmeyi hedefliyor". Euronews (in Turkish). France. Archived from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- ^ Economidou, Marina (13 March 2019). "Γιασεμί: Είμαστε η φωνή κατά του φασισμού της Τουρκίας" [Jasmine: We are the voice against Turkey's fascism]. Kathimerini (in Greek). Greece. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ "European Elections 2019: Official Results". Republic of Cyprus. Archived from the original on 2 June 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ "Τι ψήφισαν οι Τ/κ- Πόσοι ψήφισαν ΕΛΑΜ". Politis (Cyprus) (in Greek). Cyprus. 27 May 2019. Archived from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "After the European Parliament elections". Κίνημα Γιασεμί - Yasemin Hareketi. Archived from the original on 22 February 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ "Η Έν.Κυπρίων στηρίζει εφημερίδα Αφρίκα - Κίνδυνος φυλάκισης Λεβέντ" [The Union of Cypriots supports Afrika newspaper - Danger of Levent's imprisonment]. SigmaLive (in Greek). Cyprus. 16 May 2019. Archived from the original on 23 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ "REPORTĀŽA no Kipras: 15 gadus pēc referenduma apvienošanās ideja joprojām tāla no īstenošanas". Public Broadcasting of Latvia (in Latvian). Latvia. 24 April 2019. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ Kerekes, Klaudia (30 October 2019). "Prospects for Cypriot Unity". Policy Network. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f "Κίνημα Γιασεμί - Yasemin Hareketi". jasmine.cypriots.org. Retrieved 2021-06-28.