Turkey’s Kurdish Party Names New Co-Chairs
With its both leaders are in pre-detention trial, Turkey's pro-Kurdish party held a party congress on Sunday to elect two co-chairs to steer the party in tumultuous times.
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Turkey Orders Detention of Kurdish Party Leader Over Afrin Comment
A Turkish court issued a detention warrant for co-chair of pro-Kurdish People's Democracy Party (HDP) over her remarks criticizing the ongoing military offensive against Kurdish enclave of…
Jailed Kurdish Leader Appears at Court 434 Days After Arrest
"The right of a lawmaker to defend himself begins in Parliament, not in a courtroom," said the jailed co-chair of the pro-Kurdish opposition party, appearing first time at a court hearing…
Promising Career of Turkey’s Jailed Kurdish Leader Comes to an End
The promising career of jailed Kurdish leader has been inhibited during the state of emergency which unleashed the forces of authoritarianism with the erosion of pillars of democracy.
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HDP Says Respects Demirtas’ Decision to Step Down As Chair
Jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas, co-chair of People's Democracy Party (HDP), has announced his resignation and said would not run for another term in the upcoming elections for…
Kurdish Leader Demirtas Goes on Trial Over Terror Charges
After more than a year in prison, pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) leader went on trial in Ankara on Thursday over alleged ties to outlawed Kurdish militants in a high-profile,…
Turkish Parliament Speaker Rejects Motion to Investigate Torture
Turkish Parliament Speaker has rejected a motion submitted by a People's Democracy Party (HDP) lawmaker seeking an official investigation into the torture of villagers by security forces.…
Constitutional Court Rejects Lawmaker’s Demand for Release
In 2014, Constitutional Court ruled that rights of Gulser Yildirim, a lawmaker from pro-Kurdish People's Democracy Party (HDP), for a fair trial were violated when she was imprisoned. She…