HDP Leader's One Sentence Speech Pledges “Erdoğan Won’t Be the President”

Making the shortest speech ever in a parliamentary party meeting, Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chair Selahattin  Demirtaş pledged that they would not let Erdoğan “elected as the President”. 

The speech took place at a weekly parliamentary party meeting of HDP after greeting party members. 

Addressing the members from the podium, Demirtaş denying allegations the negotiations between his party and ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) over switching Turkey to a presidential system. 

He also added that they would never have such dirty negotiations with AKP.

“Mr Erdoğan,” he continued, “as long as HDP exists, as long as HDP members will breath, you won’t be the president.” 

Demirtaş’s last words were as follows: “Mr Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, we won’t let you elected as the President, we won’t let you elected as the President, we won’t let you elected as the President!” 

"#SeniBaşkanYaptırmayacağız" is now trending at rank 2 world wide

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Demirtaş’s speech also went viral with the hashtag #SeniBaşkanYaptırmayacağız [We won’t let you elected as the President]. As of 2pm local time, the hashtag also became Twitter's worldwide top trends #2. (EKN/BM)

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