Jasmine Movement was established by Afrika newspaper's chief editor Şener Levent.[1] It mainly consists of Turkish Cypriots struggling against Turkey and Turkish occupation of the north of the Island.[2] The movement supports a unitary solution concerning the reunification of Cyprus, but does not oppose to a federal solution if the proposed plan will be a transitional stage to the unitary Cypriot state and not a springboard for separate states.[3]
In 2019, the Jasmine Movement participated in the European Parliament elections held in the areas controlled by the Republic of Cyprus. The movement received 1.70% of the countrywide vote,[4] and 23.57% of the Turkish Cypriot vote.[5] Also, it was the first in the political history of Cyprus to be participating in the European Parliament elections with a full list of only Turkish Cypriot candidates and received 72.11% of its votes from Greek Cypriot voters.[6]Union of Cypriots supported the Jasmine Movement in the elections,[7] as the organisation's president Oz Karahan was one of the six candidates in the movement's list.[8][9]
2019 European Parliament election candidates for the party
