Jasmine Movement

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

Jasmine Movement Κίνημα Γιασεμί Yasemin Hareketi
Headquarters	Nicosia, Cyprus
Newspaper	Avrupa
Ideology	Left-wing nationalism Unitarism Cypriotism Social democracy
Political position	Left-wing
European affiliation	None
House of Representatives	0 / 56
European Parliament	0 / 6
Municipal Councils	0 / 478
Website
jasmine.cypriots.org
Politics of Cyprus Political parties Elections

Jasmine Movement was established by Afrika newspaper's chief editor Şener Levent.[1] It mainy consist of Turkish Cypriots struggles 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 which 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]

See also

• Union of Cypriots
• Afrika (newspaper)
• Oz Karahan

References

1. "Αυτοί είναι οι έξι "εκλεκτοί" του κινήματος Γιασεμί για τις Ευρωεκλογές". Alpha TV Cyprus (in Greek). Cyprus. 26 February 2019. Archived from the original on 4 January 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
2. Günaydın, Enis (18 May 2019). "Türkiye karşıtı Yasemin Hareketi Kıbrıslı Türklerin oylarıyla AP'ye girmeyi hedefliyor". Euronews (in Turkish). France. Archived from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
3. Economidou, Marina (13 March 2019). "Γιασεμί: Είμαστε η φωνή κατά του φασισμού της Τουρκίας" [Jasmine: We are the voice against Turkey's fascism]. Kathimerini (in Greek). Greece. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
4. "European Elections 2019: Official Results". Republic of Cyprus. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
5. "Τι ψήφισαν οι Τ/κ- Πόσοι ψήφισαν ΕΛΑΜ". Politis (Cyprus) (in Greek). Cyprus. 27 May 2019. Archived from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
6. "After the European Parliament elections". Κίνημα Γιασεμί - Yasemin Hareketi. Archived from the original on 22 February 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
7. "Η Έν.Κυπρίων στηρίζει εφημερίδα Αφρίκα - Κίνδυνος φυλάκισης Λεβέντ" [The Union of Cypriots supports Afrika newspaper - Danger of Levent's imprisonment]. SigmaLive (in Greek). Cyprus. 16 May 2019. Archived from the original on 23 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
8. "REPORTĀŽA no Kipras: 15 gadus pēc referenduma apvienošanās ideja joprojām tāla no īstenošanas". Public Broadcasting of Latvia (in Latvian). Latvia. 24 April 2019. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
9. Kerekes, Klaudia (30 October 2019). "Prospects for Cypriot Unity". Policy Network. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.

External links

Official website