Jailed pro-Kurdish leader backs Istanbul opposition mayoral candidate
Selahattin Demirtas, the jailed former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has said he…
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Opposition MP says Demirtas does not belong in prison
Main opposition party deputy Sezgin Tanrikulu has said that Selahattin Demirtas, former co-leader of the…
Death fast to protest Ocalan’s isolation
Fifteen Kurdish prisoners who are protesting the enforced isolation of Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the…
Turkey chose unity over polarization in polls: Jailed pro-Kurdish leader
Former co-leader of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtas, who has been in prison on…
EP rapporteur vows to fight for release of Kurdish opposition leader
The European Parliament’s (EP) rapporteur on Turkey, Kati Piri, vowed on Tuesday to fight for the release of jailed…
Turkish judiciary ‘slandering, lying and plotting’ – jailed…
Former co-leader of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtas, who has been in prison on…
Latest polls “a humiliating defeat” for Erdogan
Turkey’s recent local government elections that resulted in the governing party losing control of several major…
Ministry orders disciplinary action against lawyer of jailed pro-Kurdish…
Turkey’s Ministry of Justice has demanded disciplinary measures be taken against the lawyer Selahattin Demirtas for…
Pro-Kurdish HDP tips the balance in favor of opposition in contentious…
Unofficial results of Sunday’s poll in Turkey indicate that pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) lost in…
Continued detention of Kurdish politician to be reevaluated by ECHR
On September 18, 2019, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is set to hear the appeals of both Selahattin…