Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Van deputy Sezai Temelli said, “We are now clearly revealing the name of the regime that has been consolidated since 2015: Fascism,” and stated that opposition parties and social opposition other than HDP should not remain silent. According to the data prepared by the Legal Commission of the Peoples’ Democratic Party […]
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Demirtaş: The plot hatched against the HDP over Kobani
In 2014, Kobani also was experiencing ISIS barbarism, just as were many places in Syria and Iraq. There were several protests staged around the world against ISIS’ blood-curdling massacres. As of August 2014, many effective demonstrations were taking place in Turkey as well, and the world’s attention was increasingly focused on Kobani. Voices demanding that […]
Vice co-chair Garo Paylan penned an article for The New York Times
A procession of cars filled with men waving the flag of Azerbaijan, honking and whistling drove through the Kumkapi area in Istanbul, which is home to the Armenian Patriarchate of Istanbul and many Armenian families. The car rally, on Sept. 28, was a provocation, a threat that filled my community, the tiny Armenian community — […]
Swedish Left Party delegation and Party Chairman Jonas Sjöstedt visited HDP
Swedish Left Party Chairperson Jonas Sjöstedt, Parliament Deputy Speaker Lotto Jonhson Formarve and party member in charge of Foreign Affairs H. Erik Metz Swernaling visited the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in Ankara on Tuesday. The Swedish politicians were welcomed by a delegation which consisted of HDP Co-chair Pervin Buldan and HDP Foreign Relations Commission Co-Spokesperson […]
Seventeen more arrests, including the co-mayor of Kars and former MPs
HDP Foreign Affairs Spokespersons’ statement that details and summarizes the latest developments: As we have already informed the international public, the chief prosecutor in Ankara issued arrest warrants for 82 people, many of whom HDP representatives, on September 25th. Consequently, the police detained twenty HDP politicians on the grounds of their role in the Kobane […]
International solidarity with People’s Democratic Party
INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY WITH Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) On 25 September 2020, 82 people whom associated with the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in Turkey arrested by the Turkish State. Including recently elected mayors and former parliamentary politicians. This is an attempt to intimidate and silence the HDP as democratic opposition and millions of people who HDP […]
“Helicopter torture” of two Kurdish villagers in Van: Servet Turgut died!
On 11 September 2020, Turkish soldiers detained two villagers in Catak District of Van, namely, Mr Servet Turgut (55), father of 7 children, and Mr Osman Şiban (50), father of 8 children. Families could not get news from them for two days. On 13 September 2020, families were informed that both detainees were under intensive […]
Declaration of solidarity with the Kurds and people in resistance in Northern Syria
In response to the US troop withdrawal from Syria, decided by the President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and in anticipation of the impending military attack of the free people in Rojava that this deal enables, we consider it urgent and necessary to state the following: 1. – The Commune of […]
EP: We urge Turkish authorities to reinstate all mayors and other elected officials who won March 2019 local elections
European Parliament has adopted a resolution on the replacement of our co-mayors of Diyarbakır, Van and Mardin with trustees. The bill of resolution was submitted to the parliament by the European United Left–Nordic Green Left (GUE/GNL) group. The resolution reads as follows: European Parliament; Condemns the decision made by the Turkish authorities to remove democratically elected […]
Malmö City Council in solidarity with HDP
Emma-Lina Johansson, a member of the Malmö City Council representing Left Party, protested the AKP government’s seizure of HDP-run metropolitan municipalities of Diyarbakır, Mardin and Van through the removal of elected co-mayors and appointment of governors as trustees to take over the administration of the municipalities. In a video message on Facebook, Johansson recalled that […]
EH Bildu denounces the arrest of HDP elected representatives
Statement by EH Bildu regarding the removal of our co-mayors: Turkish interior minister launched on the 19th August a Police raid to arrest over 400 HDP’s municipal council members and employees, including the Municipal Co-chairs in Diyarbakir, Mardin and Van and will appoint unelected administrators to run the municipalities. We must note the overhelming support […]
Brief of Yüksekdağ’s speech at the third hearing
A brief of Yüksekdağ’s speech at the third hearing of the main case that took place today in Ankara: The judiciary in Turkey has never been fully independent, but then again it has never been as dependent as now, never under so much pressure. It is very clear that there is a hand applying pressure […]
PES Council calls for immediate release of political prisoners in Turkey
The Party of European Socialists has issued a strong declaration calling for the release of political prisoners in Turkey, and naming 10 MPs currently detained in the country by the autocratic regime of Erdoğan. The MPs named in the resolution are members of PES associate member parties Halkların Demokratik Partisi (People’s Democratic Party, HDP) and […]
Invitation to join the Mayors for Mayors campaign
The crackdown on democratically elected Kurdish municipalities in Turkey has taken on an alarming dimension, undermining the whole notion of local democracy and contradicting all principles enshrined by international agreements on local governments. The ongoing crackdown has practically annulled the results of the March 2014 local elections; local democracy has been suspended. To this date: […]
The AKP-Erdoğan government is fully responsible for the European Parliament’s critical resolution on Turkey
The EP resolution of 6 July 2017 on the 2016 Commission Report on Turkey (2016/2308) was approved by 477 against 64 votes. The resolution calls on the EU Commission and the EU national governments “to formally suspend the accession negotiations with Turkey without delay if the constitutional reform package is implemented unchanged.” Emphasizing how the […]
List of imprisoned Co-Mayors from Kurdish Region, Turkey
Imprisoned Co-Mayors from Kurdish Region, Turkey Data Compiled by Union of Southeastern Anatolia Region Municipalities (GABB) as of 27/03/2017 Name Title Date of Arrest Prison 1 Mr. Harun Erkuş Co-Mayor of Lice, Diyarbakır 08/05/2015 Diyarbakır D Type Prison, Diyarbakır 2 Ms. Dilek Hatipoğlu Co-Mayor of Hakkari 08/25/2015 Sincan Women’s Prison, Ankara 3 Mr. Nurullah […]
Hunger Strikes in Turkish Prisons: Information Note
The hunger strike protests of political prisoners in Turkish penitentiary institutions have reached a critical point. The protest was initiated in Izmir Şakran High Security Prison on 15 February 2017 to draw attention to gross human rights violations and inhumane living conditions in prisons, the isolation on the imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, and Erdoğan-AKP […]
Revocation of Yüksekdağ's parliamentary membership is unacceptable
The revocation of HDP Co-Chair Figen Yüksekdağ’s membership in parliament as a fait accompli is unacceptable. The revoking of her position in parliament once again tramples the constitution, and it is an effort to give the government’s political decision the appearance of legality. The Erdoğan-AKP government is trying to overcome its own political deadlock as […]
Ongoing military operations and communications blackout in Kurdish village
What’s Happening in Kuruköy? We demand urgent information from reliable sources. For the last nine days, there has been no communication with the people in Kuruköy (Xereba Bava), a village in Turkey’s southeastern district of Nusaybin (Mardin province), that is under round-the-clock military curfew and has been cut off from electrical and telephone services in […]
HDP’s delegation – Meeting with Chancellor Merkel
A delegation consisting of our Vice Co-Chair and Bingöl MP Hişyar Özsoy, Group Deputy Chair İdris Baluken and Mardin MP Mithat Sancar met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at 9:30 pm this evening at the residence of the German Ambassador. The political situation and latest developments in Turkey and the region, oppressive acts against our […]