Lifting the legislative immunities of HPD members is a coup against the will of peoples and the consolidation of one-man rule On May 20th, 2016, under extreme pressure of President Erdoğan, the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (GNAT) lifted the parliamentary immunity of 138 lawmakers through a provisional Constitutional amendment. This became possible with the […]
Category: Statements HDP
Statement concerning the arrest of DBP's co-Chair Kamuran Yüksek
Kamuran Yüksek’s arrest cannot dishearten us Mr. Kamuran Yüksek, co-Chair of Democratic Regions Party (DBP) has been arrested after an unlawful process of detention. Yüksek’s arrest on frivolous grounds citing speeches he made at party and public meetings, in other words because he expressed his thoughts and ideas is nothing but politically targeted policy of […]
Eyyup Doru – Statement on the constitutional committee's vote
Dear Friends, As you already know, the immunity of the HDP deputies is about to be lifted by the coalition of the other three parties, the AKP, CHP and MHP. The constitutional committee of the Parliament of Turkey has already voted for and trasferred the motion to the plenary session. As it was circulated on […]
HDP deputies letter about the round-the-clock “curfews” in Kurdish provinces of Turkey
To Whom It May Concern, The round-the-clock “curfews” (read: indefinite military siege of entire settlements) in Kurdish cities of Turkey since August 2015 continue with full force, which is a clear violation of the Turkish law and Constitution. As of March 23, 2016, sixty-one “curfews” were declared in 7 cities and 21 towns for […]
Demirtaş and Yüksekdağ call upon international institutions to act for Sur
Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chairs Figen Yüksekdağ and Selahattin Demirtaş have written a letter to the Secretariat General of the United Nations, UN-affiliated institutions, all parliaments and Presidency of the European Parliament, European Commission, Secretariat General of the Organization For Security and Cooperation in Europe, embassies and political parties abroad. HDP co-chairs called upon all […]
Urgent Call of the HDP for Sur
Don’t let tomorrow be too late for Sur.. The indefinite, round-the-clock curfews that the AKP government has declared in Turkey’s Kurdish provinces since August 16, 2015 continue to deepen the emergency situation that undermines basic human rights and freedoms in the region, including the right to live and personal safety. As of today, curfews have […]
Letter of the Co-presidents of the HDP
To the President of European Council, Mr. Donald Tusk To the President of European Commission, Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker To the Chancellor of Germany, Mrs. Angela Merkel, We have been closely following how war and conflicts taking place both in Middle East and Turkey affect Europe directly. The humanitarian devastation caused by war and tragedies […]
HDP issues urgent call for action by international organizations
The Peoples’ Democratic Party has written a letter calling upon international humanitarian organizations and public opinion to take urgent and effective initiatives for the ending of the state of siege and onslaught in the Kurdish region of Turkey. The letter by Hişyar Özsoy, Vice Co-chair in Charge of Foreign Affairs of Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and […]
HDP'S statement on Cizre
January 30, 2016 To the press and public opinion, For the last nine days, we have been making every effort to have our dead and seriously wounded citizens who are trapped in the basement of an apartment building in Cizre—among them many dead and seriously wounded—transferred to hospital. Our efforts to clear what that […]
Civilian deaths in sieges imposed by the security forces
The first of these sieges, described as “curfews,” was imposed in Varto, starting on 16 August. There are sieges still in course in Cizre, Silopi and Sur districts. “Curfews” have been declared 56 times in 20 districts of 7 cities and so far these curfews have totaled 307 days. In some districts where curfews have […]
HDP Europe – Urgent call to members of national parliaments, human rights defenders and international media members
Dear members of the press, Dear members of parliaments, The curfews in the Kurdish region of Turkey which has been going on for more than 4 months now, has gradually intensified over time and rendered daily life impossible. So far, 145 zones in 16 different cities have been declared as ‘special military security zone’ which […]
HDP Europe calls the international community to denounce the ongoing onslaught in Kurdish cities
People in Cizre district of Şırnak have taken to the streets yesterday to protest the fifth curfew imposed alongside Silopi. Mass marches have been staged and barricades have been built in Cudi and Nur neighborhoods where people have been remaining on the streets in protest at the never-ending curfews and attacks targeting the people. Resisting […]
HDP Delegation – Rennes Visit
Gültan Kisanak, co-mayor of Diyarbakır, and Eyyup Doru, representative of the HDP in Europe, held a series of meeting in Rennes on Saturday 5th. The delegation met Nathalie Appéré, Mayor of Rennes and member of the Socialist Party, and they signed together the agreement that allows the payment to the city of Diyarbakır aid approved […]
The HDP condemns the murder of Tahir Elçi
The President of the Diyarbakir Bar Association Tahir Elçi was cowardly murdered by the state special operations forces while giving a press release in the municipality of Sur in the center of Diyarbakir. Amed (Diyarbakir), and all the people of Turkey lost an invaluable person, a man of great wisdom, a man of law, a […]