The Awami Workers Party condemns the ongoing coup attempt in Turkey by a section of the Turkish military and calls on all progressive forces across the democratic forces to oppose this unequivocally.

Despite political differences, military adventurist against this conservative government can never be justified and all governments, however unpopular must be removed through democratic means.

AWP calls on the Pakistani government to come out against the attempt of martial law and announce full support to mass movement who have come into the streets to resist the coup.

The Awami Workers Party is deeply ideologically opposed to Erdogan’s increasingly authoritarian and right-wing politics but, like his democratic opponents in Turkey accepts the legitimacy of his elected government.

However, this does not mean in any case to support a military coup b

It is important to note that the left-wing Kurdish opposition party HDP, led by Selahettin Demirtas, has also come out in opposition to the coup and has asked its supporters to resist it.

AWP will lend No support to military coup in Turkey for any reason, on any justification, we disagree with Turkish government but we disagree more with the coup plotters, all powers to people of Turkey to defeat the coup.

The mass uprising in Turkey against the coup plotters is one such shining example that AWP will support whole heartedly in such circumstances.

In light of recent public calls for military intervention in Pakistan by unscrupulous elements, AWP also calls upon all democratic and progressive forces in the country to unite against the possibility of any military intervention in Pakistan.

Pakistan has made painstaking democratic gains in the past decade and they cannot be thrown away by another dictatorial intervention that will again rent asunder this country’s already fragile social and ethnic cohesion and institutions.

All political parties, including those in government and opposition, must openly and publicly voice their opposition to any such attempted misadventure in Pakistan and reassert their commitment to the democratic process. The solution to imperfect democracy is not to abolish it, but to deepen it.

Awami Workers Party