Jasmine Movement

The Jasmine Movement (Greek: Κίνημα Γιασεμί; Turkish: Yasemin Hareketi) is a political movement in Cyprus.

Jasmine Movement Κίνημα Γιασεμί Yasemin Hareketi
Headquarters	Nicosia, Cyprus
Newspaper	Avrupa
Ideology	Socialism Left-wing nationalism Anti-imperialism Cypriotism Unitarism
Political position	Left-wing
European affiliation	None
International affiliation	International League of Peoples' Struggle International Coordination of Revolutionary Parties and Organizations
House of Representatives	0 / 56
European Parliament	0 / 6
Municipal Councils	0 / 478
Website
jasmine.cypriots.org
Politics of Cyprus Political parties Elections

Jasmine Movement was established by Afrika newspaper's chief editor Şener Levent.[1] It mainy 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]