Kurdish and Turkish intellectuals in the UK support Jeremy Corbyn 2019-12-09 14:14:12 NEWS CENTER - Kurdish and Turkish institutions in London issued a joint declaration together with intellectuals, writers, lawyers and journalists calling on people to vote Labour against poverty and racism in the general elections to be held in Britain on December 12. With little left before the 12 December general elections in Britain, Kurdish and Turkish organisations and parties declared their support for the Labour Party.   Kurdish and Turkish intellectuals, writers, journalists, artists, academics and lawyers issued a joint declaration to call on their communities to vote for Jeremy Corbyn and to express full support for the Labour Party manifesto.   "The Kurdish and Turkish community in England, we are proud to support the Labour Party's manifesto. As the austerity policies deepened, poverty began to be felt more and inequality grew much faster. Like all ethnic minorities, the Kurdish and Turkish communities were turned into scapegoats."   The declaration recalled that racist aggressions suffered by Kurds in the past couple of years and underlined the support and solidarity shown by the Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn with Turkish and Kurdish communities in North London for 35 years.   The declaration also recalled Jeremy Corbyn's support for the Kurds against Saddam Hussein in Iraq and against Iran Kurdish policy of repression of Kurds. "Jeremy Corbyn has visited the region many times. Likewise today, Labour Party deputies and activists have visited and expressed their solidarity to the thousands of HDP activists, employees and deputies in prison in Turkey."    The declaration, which emphasized that a conservative government would bring more wars, more poverty and more racist attacks agains refugees displaced by wars, invited everyone to vote for the Labour Party and its progressives and anti-racists policies on 12 December.   The declaration is signed by the following:   Canan Sagar – Musician,   Akın Olgun – Journalist – Writer   Deniz Ciftci – Academic   Alaettin Siyanic – Journalist   Ahmet Guven – Writer   Mizgin Müjde Arslan - Film Maker   Tugba Ozcivan - Music Teacher, Singer   Baran Duran - musician   Suna Alan – Singer   Özkan Orman- Artist   Gulseren Tas – Actress   Cemi Salih – DJ   Berguzar Erdogan / Singer   Hikmet Erden- Journalist   Kamil Küpeli – Poet   Zafer Armutlu – Solicitor   Ali Has – Solicitor   Sibel Gungor – solicitor   Suna Tiskaya – Solicitor   Ilkay Timur Aydemir - Solicitor-Advocate   Sevcan Kaygun - Solicitor   Saim Basbaydar – Solicitor   Guven Ates - Solicitor   Suna Tiskaya - Solicitor   Sefaret Yaman – Solicitor   Vesile Tekas – Solicitor   Onder Karpuz – Solicitor   Suna Derinkursun – Solicitor   Rauf Khalilov – Solicitor   Bektas Cetin – Solicitor   Sevim Tombul - Solicitor-Advocate   Silan Has – Solicitor   Dogan Dogus – Solicitor   Aynur Celik – Solicitor   Cilem Dogus – Solicitor       Yagmur Hanim Bulut – Solicitor   Aycan Misir – Solicitor   Berivan Coskun – Solicitor   Hasan Yildirim – Solicitor   Mahmut Dogan – Musician   Sevgi Ulcay – Activist   Kenan Hudaverdi -Director   Sultan Karatas Poet   Ruhi Karadag – Film Director   Feyzullah Cinpolat - Day-Mer Community Activist   İbrahim Avcil – Gik-Der - Community Activist   Kalender Ülger – Kirkisrak Community Centre Organiser   Sultan Cakir – Teacher   Deniz Engin – Teacher   Guner Aydın- CLLR   Yusuf Kul – Accountant   Dr Mehmet Kurt, London School of Economics and Political Science   Argun Cakir - University of Bristol, Department of Music, postdoctoral research assistant   Meryem Kaya - Medical Doctor   Srwa Mustafa (Nérgiz) - Civil ServiceAta Mufty - Journalist and Activist   Elif Gun - Graduate and Activist   Elif Sarican - Anthropologist and Organiser   Kumru Baser / Journalist   Sibel Gungor / Councelor   Ferhan Yetisal / Councelor   Aysel Kirmizikan / Councelor Rabia Cinar / Propreitor   Rana Aksac / Psychotherapist   Banu Aydin / Therapist   Macide Yuksel- Senior CBT Psychotherapist   Hanim Akdemir – Optic Manager   Olcay Aniker – Solicitor   Zuhal Borucu Kocadag – ManagerMeral Halkaci - Community Activist   Memet Kardu – Kurdish People’s Assembly Community Activist   Nejla Coskun - Kurdish People’s Assembly Community Activist   Fatma Can – IT Consultant   Ferhan Yetisal   Sevgi Ulcay – Finance   Fatma Aydin - Chartered Accountant   Dilek Gungor - Nurse/ Senior psychotherapist   Nuran Donmez - Mental Health Social Worker   Firat Karaboyun – Accountant   Rojda Sipan – Accountant   Ilker Yadirgi – Accountant   Ala Hassan, Kurdish Student Movement   Ari Murad - Television producer   Bavil Ahmad, kurdish refugee from South Kurdistan   Ayca Cubukcu - Associate Professor in Human Rights, LSE   Fezile Ozbaran - Flight Attendant   Mustafa Ozbaran - Medical student   Tijen Beligh interpreter/ translator   Dilek Gungor - Nafsiyat Intercultural Therapy Centre   Feride Kumbasar - Consultant and Research Student   Ali Dogan - Medical doctor   Ozlem Pekbas - IDVA IDVA- Independent Domestic Violence Advocate   Eylem Dogan – Phlebotomist   Sema Atessal Ugur – Freelance   Belgin Koc – Freelance   Tulay Gulsen – Advisor   Esengul Ozdemir - Nursery Teacher   Dr. Zeynep Kurban - Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult   Oktay Sahbaz- Teacher   Ufuk Uyanik – Artist   Baris Celiloglu - Stage Director   Mehmet Ugur Professor of Economics and institutions. University of Greenwich   Tahir Palali- Musician/ Entrepreneur   Av. Serpil Ersan - Solicitor   Savaş Yadirgi –Yazar   Cemo - Artist   Hunting. Serpil Ersan - Solicitor   War Yadirgi - Author   Cemo - Artist