JINHA

BURSA – After women from the CHP blocked HDP politician SebahatTunel from speaking at the March 8 International Women's Day celebrations in Bursa, HDP women abandoned the march and held their own celebration.

The Bursa rally, called by the Bursa Women's Platform, started at the city's Altıparmak Road, headed for Heykel. Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) MP and Co-Speaker for the Peoples' Democratic Congress was scheduled to speak at the rally, but women from the CHP blocked her participation.Sebahat is a Kurdish woman politician.

"This is a racist and discriminatory approach that we do not accept," said HDP women present. Women marched to the HDP regional building and held traditional dances with music.

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