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HDP begins ‘Peace Vigil’ in Turkish Parliament

The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) launched a “Peace Vigil” in the Turkish Parliament on Tuesday evening in support of a party deputy who...

Prosecutor investigates deputy over terrorism for failing to condemn speech

A prosecutor in Diyarbakır recently launched an investigation into human rights activist and Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu on suspicion of...

President Erdoğan equates Turkey’s Kurdish political party to terrorist PKK

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday told state broadcaster TRT News that he considers the Kurdish political movement’s People’s Democratic Party (HDP) the...

2 jailed Kurdish politicians given lengthy prison sentences

Former co-mayor of the Diyarbakır Municipality Gültan Kışanak and pro–Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP) co-chairperson Sebahat Tuncel have been given sentences ranging between 14...

HDP will not nominate candidates for İstanbul, Adana, İzmir mayoral elections

The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) announced on Monday that they would not field candidates for the March 31 mayoral elections in the metropolitan...

Turkey’s interior minister admits police remove female detainees’ headscarves

Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu admitted on Thursday that police in detention centers remove female detainees’ headscarves “for security reasons,” the ilkha news website...

Demirtaş: Lack of computer facilities in prison makes defending himself impossible

Jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş has said it is technically impossible for him to provide a proper defense since digital documents containing the charges...

Turkey’s upcoming local elections ignite election fraud debate

As Turkey’s local elections slated for March 31 draw near, several reports in the Turkish media reveal peculiar numbers of registered voters in certain...

3 HDP branch chairmen in İstanbul detained for supporting deputy on hunger strike

The chairmen of three pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) branches in Istanbul have been detained for displaying support for jailed HDP deputy Leyla Güven,...

Turkey allows PKK leader to see his brother 3 years after last visit

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Pervin Buldan has announced that jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) Abdullah Öcalan met with his brother...

HDP deputy: 162 inmates join hunger strike in Turkey

One hundred sixty-two prisoners across Turkey have joined a hunger strike in a show of solidarity with an imprisoned opposition legislator who has been...

NGO: Very few female candidates nominated in local Turkish elections

Turkey’s Equality, Justice and Women’s Platform, a nongovernmental organization, said on Wednesday that political parties have nominated very few women for mayoral posts in...

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