SHP ready for unity on the left in elections

Social Democrat People’s Party (SHP) leader Murat Karayalcin said today that his party was ready for any type of unity on the left in the coming local elections, noting that SHP had called for unity before the last November’s national elections and had received no reply from other leftist parties.

He said SHP had accepted New Turkey Party (YTP) leader Ismail Cem’s call for unity on the left, adding that not only left parties, but also centrist parties that accept a joint program could also join the alliance.