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 | |
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The Jasmine Movement ( Greek: Κίνημα Γιασεμί; Turkish: Yasemin Hareketi) is a political movement in Cyprus.
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]
Şener 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]