(HDP Party) – On January 14, Garo Paylan, an ethnically Armenian Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Istanbul, delivered a speech at the Parliament during the discussion on Constitutional amendments. In his speech Mr. Paylan stressed the importance of pluralism when making constitutions, citing examples from the late Ottoman period. Stating that chaos begins when pluralism at the Parliament disappears, he said: “A period of 10 years of chaos started

Member of the People’s Democratic Party of Turkey Garo Paylan, a Turkish lawmaker of Armenian origin, announced he is initiating a lawsuit against Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Paylan posted on Twitter. In addition to the announcement, Paylan posted footage on Twitter showing a crowd cursing Armenians during an Erdogan speech from October 15. The audience was shouting “Armenian scums,” while Erdogan was smiling. “The crowd which gathered in Trabzon for President Er

(Garo Paylan, Selina Dogan, Markar Esayan) By Nick Rejebian (@nrejebbs), Assembly Public Affairs Intern AAANews Blog With 86% of Turkey at the ballot box on Sunday, three Christian Armenian candidates, Garo Paylan, Selina Dogan, and Markar Esayan, were elected to the Turkish Parliament. Garo Paylan, a founding member of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), was elected in the Istanbul 3rd Region. Born in Malatya in 1972 and raised in Istanbul, Paylan began working humbly as a