2018 Selahattin Demirtaş presidential campaign

Selahattin Demirtaş for President
Campaigned for2018 Turkish presidential election
CandidateSelahattin Demirtaş
Former chairman of the HDP (2014-2018)
Presidential candidate for the 2014 presidential election (2014)
The former leader of the BDP (2010-2014)
AffiliationHDP
StatusAnnounced
25 Apr 2018
Official nominee
4 May 2018

Selahattin Demirtaş was officially announced as the candidate of the People's Democratic Party (HDP) on 4 May 2018, after members of the party had hinted at his candidacy weeks in advance. Party leader Pervin Buldan declared that Demirtaş, a jailed former co-chair of the HDP, would be leading a five-party "Kurdish alliance" into the general election.

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