İSTANBUL – HDK components announced its referendum declaration with “ No for common motherlend of Democratic Republic” slogan. HDK co-spokesperson Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit stated “ We don’t obliged to one man running. ‘No’ will open a democratic way for Turkey.”


Peoples’ Democratic Congress ( HDK) components announced the declaration of referendum in İstanbul. HDK co-spokesperson Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiği and Onur Hamzaoğlu ,Democratic Regions Party (DBP) co-chair Kamuran Yüksek, Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) vice co-chair Nadir Yıldırım, HDP group deputy chairperson Pervin Buldan, HDK and HDP components, Free Women Congress (TJA) representatives, Peace Women İstanbul Council, HDP PMs Celal Doğan, Filiz Kerestecioğlu,Ahmet Yıldırım, Hüda Kaya, Ayşe Acar Başaran, Dirayet Taşdemir , Erdal Ataş, Erol Dora , Garo Paylan and numbers of citizen attended to the meeting.


The meeting started with HDP İstanbul executives Xunav Altun.

Later, HDK co-spokesperson Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit decelerated the referendum campaign on ‘No’. Here is the summary of the declaration ;


“ We are as fronts of labor, peace, democracy and freedom gathered together for a livable and democratic Turkey. Democratic, equal, pluralist, freedom, women freedom requests by people are permenant. A new social contract will be an important step for surpassing problems of historic, cultural.


But constitution amendment which proposed by Erdoğan-Bahçeli alliance aims to certain leadership and one man administration.This amendment gives all powers to one man and seizes all peoples’ rights.

It is not possible to agree this amendment on base of democratic principles and problem is not with a person. The problem is nondemocratic which based on one man authority.

We are as struggler for democracy, peace and dignity are facing with a historic responsibility. We need to struggle for beauty, truth, future despite the State of Emergency’s conditions.


We are also facing with a chance to improve our gains which we fought for decades. And today we are as gathered people will say ‘NO’ to improve our gains which we fought for decades. The thing we will stop is ‘one man adminstarion’. We will work door to door, from house to house.


‘NO’ is an only power to stop these dark days. ‘NO’ is a key which opens the peace way. ‘NO’ means people versus powers. ‘NO’ means equal citizenship. ‘NO’ means freedom for religious. ‘NO’ means improve the free women’s struggle. ‘NO’ means improve the democracy. ‘NO’ means to stop destruction of nature. ‘NO’ means not I, You, He, She but WE. “