HDP's Sırrı Süreyya Önder denies bargain with ruling AKP

ISTANBUL

There have been reports in the Turkish media that the HDP could be in a votes-for-jobs bargain with the AKP in order to endorse the position of the incumbent AKP Mayor Kadir Topbaş. DHA photo

The Peoples’ Democracy Party (HDP), sister party of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) which is focused on the Kurdish issue, has denied allegations that they are in a bargain with the ruling Justice and Democracy Party (AKP) over voter support for some 10,000 job positions in the Istanbul municipality.

Sırrı Süreyya Önder, a member of Parliament and HDP mayoral candidate for the Istanbul municipality told Hürriyet Daily News there was no bargaining over anything with the AKP in Istanbul.

“Our estimates show there are more than 2 million Kurdish origin voters in Istanbul” he said; “We hope we might attract nearly half of them. Most of the rest would likely to go to the AKP anyway.”

There have been reports in the Turkish media that the HDP could be in a votes-for-jobs bargain with the AKP in order to endorse the position of the incumbent AKP Mayor Kadir Topbaş.