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Prison administration bans jailed Kurdish leader’s novel for ‘obscenity’

A prison administration in northwestern Turkey has refused to give a novel written by a jailed Kurdish politician to an inmate on the grounds...

Ultranationalists attack book fair stands selling jailed Kurdish leader’s books

Ultranationalists on Monday attacked stands at a book fair in northwestern Turkey selling books authored by Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed former co-chair of the...

Kurdish leader Demirtaş’s books displayed among criminal ‘evidence’ seized in police raid

Three books authored by Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş — “Leylan,” “Devran” and “Seher” — were displayed among criminal “evidence” seized in a police raid...

Jailed Kurdish leader’s wife sentenced to prison for ‘counterfactual’ health report

Başak Demirtaş, the wife of jailed Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş, has been handed down a prison sentence of two-and-a-half years for “obtaining a health...

Jailed Kurdish leader Demirtaş should be left to rot in prison, MHP deputy says

Sermet Atay, a deputy from the right-wing Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), said in a speech on Friday that jailed Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş “should...

Demirtaş says new German gov’t should push Turkey to improve rights record

Selahattin Demirtaş, the former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who has been behind bars on terrorism-related charges for five years, on...

Jailed Kurdish leaders mark 5 years behind bars on terrorism charges

Former co-chairs of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ, who were jailed on Nov. 4, 2016 on terrorism-related charges,...

Turkish authorities seek to make COVID-related restrictions in prisons permanent, jailed Kurdish leader says

Turkey’s Justice Ministry is trying to capitalize on the COVID-19 pandemic in order to continue restricting the visitation rights of inmates, jailed Kurdish leader...

Jailed Kurdish politician: Erdoğan did not let PKK lay down arms

Jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş has claimed that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan did not allow the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to lay down...

Turkey fails to propose a plan to release Demirtaş to CoE committee

The Turkish government has said that Selahattin Demirtaş, the former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), may be released on parole on...

Wife of imprisoned Kurdish leader criticizes prolonged COVID-19 restrictions in prisons

Başak Demirtaş, the wife of jailed Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş, criticized prolonged COVID-19 restrictions in prisons preventing families from having physical contact with their...

AKP gov’t keeping Demirtaş in jail to prevent his running in 2023 election, lawyer says

The Turkish government is keeping Selahattin Demirtaş, the former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), behind bars so as to prevent him...

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