ANKARA - Solidarity messages from domestic and international institutions and organizations flocked to the HDP Congress. It was noteworthy that Ali Babacan, who is at the stage of leaving the AKP and setting up a party, participated in the congress with a message as the Deputy Chairman of the Future Party.
Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) 4th Ordinary Grand Congress continues with the speeches of the invitees. There is a very intense participation from many circles to the congress.
Peoples Democratic Congress (HDK) Co-Spokesperons İdil Uğurlu and Sedat Şenoğlu, Democratic Society Congress (DTK) Co-Chairs Leyla Güven and Berdan Öztürk, Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Co-Chairs Saliha Aydeniz and Keskin Bayındır, Labor's Party (EMEP) Chairperson Selma Gürkan, Greens and Left Future Party Co-Spokesperson Sinan Tutal, Socialist Re-Foundation Party (SYKP) Co-Chair Canan Yüce, Revolutionary Workers Union Confederation (DISK) Chairperson Arzu Çerkezoğlu, Co-President of the Confederation of Public Workers Unions (KESK) Mehmet Bozgeyik, Co-Chair of the Human Rights Association (İHD) Öztürk Türkdoğan, many political party representatives attended the congress.
Many intellectuals, including poet Ahmet Telli, writer Oya Baydar and Fikret Başkaya, also took part in the congress.
Roboski families, Peace Mothers, Family of Mehmet Tunç, family of Mehmet Yavuzel, Lisa Çalan who lost both her legs in the Diyarbakır HDP Rally in an ISIS bombing, families of Figen Yüksekdağ, Orhan Doğan, Seve Demir, Ayten Beçet, Zülküf Gezen also attended the congress. TUHAD-FED, ÖHD, Asrın Law Office, ÇHD lawyers are also participating.
KURDİSTANİ ALLIANCE AT THE CONGRESS
People and Freedom Party Chairman Mehmet Kamaç, one of the Kurdistan alliance parties, and members of the Revolutionary Democratic Kurdish Association (DDKD) were at the congress.
BABACAN SENDS A MESSAGE
CHP Istanbul MP Aykut Erdoğdu and Future Party Vice President Ayhan Sefer Üstün attended the congress. There was no attendance to the congress from the IYI Party, whose invitation was sent.
Ali Babacan, one of the founders of the AKP who is in the process of establishing a new party, sent a message to the congress. Babacan said: "Mr. Pervin Buldan and Mr. Sezai Temelli, thank you for your invitation to the 4th Ordinary Grand Congress of the People's Democratic Party. I hope that the decisions you make at the congress will contribute to the democracy of our country and the peace of our society. On this occasion, I extend my greetings and wish your congress to be good."
INTERNATIONALIST SOLIDARITY
The messages of the international political parties and democratic mass organizations were broadcasted at the congress. The message of Plaza De Mayo Mothers read by Nora Morales Cortinas was enthusiastically applauded.
The names of those who attended the congress internationally were read by Hişyar Özsoy, Vice President of HDP Foreign Affairs. The mass applauded the solidarity shown by internationalist.
PARTICIPATION FROM 28 COUNTRIES
Guests from 28 countries attended the congress including Tunisia, Palestine, Jordan, Morocco, Cyprus, Sweden, West Bank, France, Galicia, Germany, Australia, Lebanon, Greece, Basque, Egypt, Italy, Catalonia, Denmark, Norway, England, Scotland, Portugal, Finland, Switzerland, Spain, Armania and Iraq.
More than 30 political party representatives and many women's organizations from the Middle East are attending the congress.
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe United Left Group President Tiny Kox, President of the European Free Alliance Lorena Lopez de Lacalle, Deputy Secretary General of the European Socialists Party, Giacomo Filibeck, European Parliament Socialists and Democrats Group member Nikos Androulakis are among the guests attending the congress.