“Our homeland and our people deserve liberation and a better future, and we will fight for it together,” he says in his message.
Oz Karahan announced his candidacy for the position of Vice President of the Ecologists Movement – Citizens’ Cooperation.
As he states in his announcement, “as Cypriots, wherever we turn, we see both the flag of the Turkish conquerors in Pentadactyl and a political elite who seems sworn in our state and democracy. We are excluded. Corruption, the environmental disaster, a young population that does not see any future in its home country, the violation of the rule of law, the settlement and the demographic alteration, all these issues come from the status quo imposed by the two factors that block us, and Turkey.
Continuing, he stresses: “I am grateful to walk this path with the Ecologists – Citizens’ Movement, where I have found many people who really care about this country and opposed to the status quo, which threatens our very existence in our country. And today, it is my honor to put myself as a candidate for the position of Vice -President of the Movement, hoping to continue this fight together and break the suffocating exclusion of us. “
“Our homeland and our people deserve liberation and a better future, and together we will fight for it,” he concludes.
Oz Karahan, he says, is a political activist, columnist and current president of the Cypriot Union. He is currently a member of the Ecologists Movement – Citizens’ Cooperation and Coordinator of the Commission for the Unity of the Cypriots of the Movement.
From an early age, he was involved with the previous movements that today constitute the Union of Cypriots, which were active in 2011, with the wave of protests in Cyprus occupied against Turkey. Following his studies at the Anglo-American University in the Czech Republic, he completed his studies in global politics and conflict analysis at the United Nations Peace University. In addition, he studied Communication for Development at the University of Malmos.
Oz Karahan writes about the Avruppa newspapers (formerly “Afrika” owned by Sener Levent) and Cumhuriyetçi published in Cyprus.
He has participated in numerous actions and events organized by leading progressive organizations, both internationally and locally, while informing the Cyprus problem as an invasion and occupation problem. At the 7th International Assembly of the International Union of People’s Struggle (ILPS), he was elected a member of the International Coordination Committee and Vice President of the Organization in Europe.
As part of the electoral partnerships of the Cypriot Union, he participated in the 2019 European elections on the list of independent Jasmine movement along with Sener Levent. In 2024 he participated in the ballot paper of the Ecologists Movement – Citizens’ Cooperation.