Association for Liberal Thinking hosted on July 12, 2014 presidential nominee MP Selahattin Demirtas who is the co Chair of HDP, representative of the major Kurdish political movement, at a special meeting with a group of academicians; think tank experts; columnists, and lawyers. Participants shared their opinions and exchanged ideas with Mr. Demirtas on Presidential elections, liberalization and democratization reforms, resolution / peace process and related matters.

From ALT, Lawyer Raşit Sarıkaya, Prof. Dr. Tanel Demirel, Özlem Çaglar Yılmaz, Harun Kaban, Arda Akciçek, Assist. Prof. Cennet Uslu, Prof. Dr. Bekir Berat Özipek; from Institute of Strategic Thinking, Prof. Dr. Birol Akgün, Dr. Murat Yılmaz, Prof. Dr. Muhsin Kar; from Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research, Dr. Hatem Ete, Prof. Dr. Erol Göka, columnist in Yeni Şafak, Lawyer Gulçin Avsar and Zeynep Karagözoğlu participated in this meeting.