NUMBER OF ETHIC TURKS TO EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT GROWS
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
03.06.2009 15:21 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Ahead of the European Parliament elections to be
held between June 4 and 7, the number of candidates of Turkish origin
has soared, Hurriyet Daily News reports.
Germany has the highest number of Turkish candidates. Ismail Ertug,
Hidir Karademir and Macit Karaahmetoglu are candidates from the Social
Democratic Party, or SPD, while Sidar Aydinlik, Kadriye Karci and
Songul Karabulut are the Left Party's candidates. Christian Democratic
Union's candidate is Dr. Yasar Bilgin.
Belgium came second in number of Turkish candidates. Meryem Almacý
and Inan Asliyuce Flaman are Green Party candidates while Nermin
Kumanova is a candidate for ECOLO, a green party from French-speaking
Belgium. Mustafa Uzun is a candidate from the Christian People's
Party. SPA-Spirit's (Flemish socialist) candidates with Turkish
descent are Selahattin Kocak and Sener Ugurlu. In the Netherlands,
Emine Bozkurt and Erdogan Kaya are candidates from leftist Party of
Labor. Another Turkish candidate is Osman Bicen from D66. The French
Socialist Party's Turkish candidate is Emrullah Deniz while the Danish
Social Democrat Party's is Huseyin Arac. The Turkish-origin candidate
of the British Labor Party is Nilgun Canver.
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
03.06.2009 15:21 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Ahead of the European Parliament elections to be
held between June 4 and 7, the number of candidates of Turkish origin
has soared, Hurriyet Daily News reports.
Germany has the highest number of Turkish candidates. Ismail Ertug,
Hidir Karademir and Macit Karaahmetoglu are candidates from the Social
Democratic Party, or SPD, while Sidar Aydinlik, Kadriye Karci and
Songul Karabulut are the Left Party's candidates. Christian Democratic
Union's candidate is Dr. Yasar Bilgin.
Belgium came second in number of Turkish candidates. Meryem Almacý
and Inan Asliyuce Flaman are Green Party candidates while Nermin
Kumanova is a candidate for ECOLO, a green party from French-speaking
Belgium. Mustafa Uzun is a candidate from the Christian People's
Party. SPA-Spirit's (Flemish socialist) candidates with Turkish
descent are Selahattin Kocak and Sener Ugurlu. In the Netherlands,
Emine Bozkurt and Erdogan Kaya are candidates from leftist Party of
Labor. Another Turkish candidate is Osman Bicen from D66. The French
Socialist Party's Turkish candidate is Emrullah Deniz while the Danish
Social Democrat Party's is Huseyin Arac. The Turkish-origin candidate
of the British Labor Party is Nilgun Canver.