Demirtaş in London this weekend

Turkish presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş will be in London this Sunday as part of his campaign tour.

The nominee for the pro-Kurdish People’s Democracy Party will held at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre at 1pm on 20 July.

Mr Demirtaş is backed by the Kurdish People’s Assembly of Britain, organisatinos including the Halkevi, Day-mer, the Tohum Cultural Centre and local associations representing expatriates from Dersim, Tilkili, Alhax and Kırkısrak.

The Lee Valley Athletics Centre can be found at 61 Meridian Way, Edmonon, London N9 0AR.

Overseas voters will participate in next month’s presidential election for the first time. Enrolled Turkish passport holders will be able to vote at the Olympia Centre in central London on the weekend of 2-3 August.