Women absent from Turkey’s local polls, except in BDP
Following my three-part series on women running global affairs, friends from the Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) asked me to turn the spotlight on the upcoming municipal elections. They have good reason for that. So, yesterday [Jan. 7] I called the deputy chairs in charge of elections of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), the Republican People’s Party (CHP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) to compile the latest figures. Unfortunately, the state of women aspiring to take part in local administration is again deplorable. In the BDP, however, the situation is just the opposite: women are at the forefront. Well done!
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