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Jasmine Movement
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] 2019 European Parliament election candidates for the partyŞener 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 alsoReferences
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