272:, The HDP contested the election by fielding party candidates rather than independent candidates. This was controversial since most of the HDP's votes would have been transferred to the AKP in the event that the HDP failed to win above 10% of the vote. There was speculation as to whether the AKP forced Öcalan to pressure the HDP to contest the election as a party in order to boost their own number of MPs. The party charged a ₺2,000 application fee for prospective male candidates, a ₺1,000 fee for female and young candidates under the age of 27 and no fee was collected from disabled applicants. Applications for candidacy were received between 16 February and 2 March.
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288:. According to a private poll conducted by the HDP in January 2015, the party needs to gather around 600,000 more supporters by the general election in order to surpass the election threshold of 10% and win 72 MPs. Polling organisations such as Metropoll, however, predict that the party would win around 55 MPs if they won more than 10%. HDP candidates hoped that the victory of the left-wing
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was approached by a mob, whom the stand's managers claimed were armed with clubs and were chanting anti-HDP slogans. Three people were injured during the ensuring fight, while the HDP leaflets and flags were burnt. The HDP activists were taken to a nearby HDP office under police escort.
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284:, the party has proposed to field Kurdish candidates in the west and Turkish candidates in the east, which is the opposite of the demographic make-up of the country. The party is also expected to increase its popularity by offering candidacies to famous individuals, such as actor
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identified the HDP as a threat to the party's support base during a
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stated that the HDP would never support such a constitutional change, adding that he had always firmly opposed a presidential system despite allegations that the HDP had agreed to support the AKP on the matter behind closed doors.
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950:"Başbakan Davutoğlu, Hdp'Ye Yapılan Saldırıyı Kınadı Haberi ve Son Dakika Haberler Mynet"
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798:"'AKP-HDP başkanlık sisteminde anlaştı' – Sözcü Gazetesi"
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announced that the HDP would begin negotiations with the
736:"HDP seçim beyannamesi – 2015 Genel Seçimleri haberleri"
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In order to maximise their votes, the party's co-leader
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Peoples' Democratic Party election campaign of June 2015
975:"Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan'dan 'HDP'ye saldırı' açıklaması"
872:"Adana HDP'ye bomba koyan kişinin eşkali tespit edildi"
700:"BBC: Seçimler için Türkiye solunda ittifak arayışları"
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Republican People's Party election campaign, June 2015
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and the first time such a party won representation in
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Campaigning for the June 2015 Turkish general election
1077:"HDP'nin Diyarbakır mitinginde patlama meydana geldi"
846:"Demirtaş: Bugüne kadar 41 HDP seçim bürosu yakıldı"
762:"Demirtaş: Başkanlık sistemi pazarlık konusu olamaz"
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606:"HDP'nin 'yeni' oy kaynağı! – Politika Haberleri"
678:"Syriza'nın Seçim Başarısı HDP'yi Ümitlendirdi"
1001:"Yalova'da HDP seçim bürosuna silahlı saldırı"
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420:since the party's establishment. The HDP's
260:Emboldened by the 9.77% of the vote won by
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923:"Patlama sonrası HDP'den ilk açıklamalar"
1027:"Uşak'ta HDP standına saldırı: 3 yaralı"
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898:"HDP'ye Mersin ve Adana'da Saldırı"
439:On 26 April, a HDP party office in
1113:June 2015 Turkish general election
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580:"HDP'den seçimlerde baraj taktiği"
154:June 2015 Turkish general election
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627:Oktay Özilhan (31 January 2015).
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376:Council of Higher Education
208:HDP election propaganda in
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276:Candidate selections
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