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Ayhan Bilgen
Turkish court rules to release former mayor, 3 others in Kobani trial
A Turkish court on Tuesday ruled for the release from pretrial detention of four Kurdish politicians, including a former mayor, defendants in a trial...
Pro-Kurdish co-mayor detained after colleague announces resignation
The chief public prosecutor's office of the eastern city of Kars has ordered the detention of 19 politicians from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party...
Selahattin Demirtaş: an ever-present threat to Erdoğan
By Cevheri GüvenSelahattin Demirtaş has been under arrest for four years now. In fact, he was released by a court; however, another court order...
Kurdish mayor summoned to testify in terrorism investigation
Ayhan Bilgen, the co-mayor of Kars from the Kurdish
Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), announced on Tuesday that he had been summoned
by a prosecutor to testify...
Kars mayor indicted on terrorism charges for role at now-closed Kurdish daily
A Turkish prosecutor on Monday indicted Kars Mayor
Ayhan Bilgen, a Kurdish politician from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), on
terrorism charges due to his role...
HDP says local elections meaningless after Erdoğan threat
The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) on Monday accused Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of rendering local elections useless after he said he would dismiss...
HDP deputies to avoid Turkish Parliament sessions for 2 days
The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) on Wednesday announced that its deputies would not participate in sessions of the Turkish Parliament for the next...
Investigation launched into HDP deputies over Afrin tweets
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Sunday launched an investigation into pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies Ayhan Bilgen and Nadir Yıldırım for...
Prosecutor opposes release of Kurdish deputy from prison
The office of the chief public prosecutor in Turkey’s southeastern Diyarbakır province late on Friday opposed the release of pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP)...
HDP spokesperson Bilgen arrested on terror charges
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy and party spokesperson Ayhan Bilgen was arrested on terror charges on Tuesday, one day after his detention on...
[UPDATE] HDP deputies Bilgen, Beştaş detained on terror charges
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies Ayhan Bilgen and Meral Danış Beştaş were detained on terror charges on Monday night after a Diyarbakır court...
[UPDATE] HDP deputy Bilgen released on judicial probation
Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy and the party's spokesperson Ayhan Bilgen, who was detained at Ankara Esenboğa Airport on Sunday morning, was released...