Mutullah Can Yolbulan

Hi, I’m Mutullah Can Yolbulan—but everyone calls me Mutu.

I moved to Australia in 2013 from Türkiye to pursue higher education and I now work as an application developer in the IT industry living in Jacana.

During this time, I have seen social inequality deepen, wages stagnate and essential services in Melbourne's north deteriorate. Our communities lack the necessary investment in the building blocks of a decent life: our parks are disappearing for more units, the few parks we have are covered in hard waste, services for the young, elderly and migrants are canceled or inaccessible, rental units are not up to code, state government is killing public housing and there’s not enough healthcare services.

This is why I’m running as the Victorian Socialists candidate for the Broadmeadows district.

We deserve better.

We must elect representatives to stand against the destructive profit-driven agenda of big business and its allies in all levels of government.

Long before the current Israeli occupation of Palestine, I was on the streets protesting. In this war, I’ve been with the community activists on the pickets in Campbellfield. I spoke at and help organise the rallies outside Hume Council to pass a motion to divest the council from aiding Israel’s genocide and supporting Palestinain refugees. Just last year, I was part of a successful campaign for council to build a park in Broadmeadows which is in dire need for more green spaces.

We need representatives who don’t cower behind the boundaries of their job description. We need fighters. I can’t promise you we will win every fight but I can guarantee you that I will not give up.