Don Nawzarian

There is only one and only one explanation for HDP’s decision: Ideological hatred HDP no longer represents the interests of Kurdish citizens in Hakkari and Amed, they represent an elite of extremist leftist ideologues who still live in the dreams of Lenin

HDP’s ideological base has for long slandered, vilified and cursed the millions of Kurds in Turkey who have become AK Parti voters since 2001 questioning their ‘Kurdishness’ Today, HDP shamelessly & publicly supports the party of Dersim massacre & assimilation: CHP

10. It’s time to put the Old Turkey represented best in CHP’s authoritarian, extremist secular and isolationist vision, to rest. A new, stronger & more stable Turkey needs to defeat CHP one last time.

9. Istanbul election is not only about Istanbul. It’s of great symbolic value. An AK Parti victory means a stronger and more stable Turkey in the region and a more motivated Erdogan for structural reform

8. The populist anti-Erdogan rhetoric which is also mainstreamed in foreign press has nothing to offer Turkey. They can’t do better than AK Parti in terms of services and they have no grand vision for Turkey’s regional role.

7. The Istanbul electorate will be choosing b/w 2 different visions. CHP’s candidate is the Old Turkey with some make up and sweeter words. To help New Turkey go on an easier start, the CHP vision should be destroyed.

6. Erdogan has the audacity of entering the moment of truth after the elections. Turkey’s internal peace and its regional role requires extraordinary steps. No election can or should hinder that.

5. Certain power circles in Turkey and outside want to turn any AK Parti election defeat in Istanbul into a vote of no confidence in Erdogan. That is why CHP turned Istanbul election into a national issue.

4. I think the new period of bold moves will happen regardless of Istanbul election results but it will be even better if Erdogan had the power of symbolic & psychological victory behind him.

3. Istanbul mayor elections aren’t important in themselves. But then have great symbolic significance. Erdogan wants to start the new period with a psychological boost and symbolic victory. While opposition wants to pave way for demanding early elections through winning Istanbul

2. Elections in Turkey have had negative influence on disrupting Erdogan’s attempt to make structural reform in Turkish state. The constant need to win against a coalition of populist secular-nationalists parties have forced Erdogan’s hand to put his reforms on hold

1. There will not be any major elections in Turkey until 2023. Erdogan will finally get a time period in which he can take bold moves. Some of these moves will be to correct the structural flaws inherent in the post-Ottoman republic. They will be reformist, correctives measures

The school of thought that has given birth to Morsi has proved to be the only viable Islamic Sunni line of defence against groups such as ISIS Egyptian prisons, on the other hand, have been number one producers of radicalised Muslim youth who prefer ISIS bravado to MB ‘cowardice’https://twitter.com/ZLGold/status/1141816780505133056 …

It’s fine to have an ideological position on Istanbul elections. It is not fine to sell it as Kurdish politics HDP and Demirtas have long become useful idiots and tool for the anti-Erdogan opposition which has nothing to offer to Kurds except a fake sense of solidarity

Demirtas’s taking sides in the Istanbul election was first and formorst an ideological position and had nothing to do with Kurdish interest. In Turkey, Erdogan is still the last best hope for a peaceful solution. And Ocalan gets that. Hopefully rebooting peace process is next.https://twitter.com/ragipsoylu/status/1141773231298359297 …

Mohammed Morsi the man, the MB functionary, the parliamentary leader, the president, the prisoner and the dead are very different Morsis. Morsi is an Egyptian tragedy that is still unfolding. We haven’t yet found a way to tell his story but Shadi’s essay is a good start.https://twitter.com/shadihamid/status/1141700026818654208 …