Selahattin Demirtas

Facing never-ending criticism for a perceived soft approach to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), former leader and presidential candidate of pro-Kurdish People's Democracy Party…

“I’ll bring together a Turkish mother and a Kurdish mother who lost their sons during clashes and will ask their support for peace as my first action,” said Selahattin Demirtas, a candidate…

As soon as main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) officially announced its candidate for June 24 presidential elections on Friday, a cut-throat race for the soul and future of…

Turkey’s democracy is on trial once again. It went unnoticed by the majority of Western media that the leaders of the second largest opposition party, the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP),…

The Jailed former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish party on Wednesday has lamented the lack of fair trial and steadfastly refused charges of having links to a terrorist organization. He said…

Turkish authorities have detained former leader of the pro-Kurdish party for criticizing the military campaign against Afrin, a Kurdish-held enclave in northwestern Syria, adding to the…

"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…

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. The…

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,…