A delegation comprised of HDP İzmir parliamentarian Ertuğrul Kürkçü, HDP Deputy Co-chair responsible for Foreign Relations Hişyar Özsoy, HDP İstanbul MP Filiz Kerestecioğlu and HDP European Council Representative Faik Yağızay had a series of meetings at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). HDP parliamentarians met with the Greek former Foreign Minister Dora […]
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HDP MP Mr Garo Paylan suspended from Parliament for 3 Days
Mr Garo Paylan, an ethnically Armenian HDP MP for Istanbul, delivered a speech at the parliament during the talks on Constitutional amendments on 14 January 2017. In his speech Mr. Paylan stressed the importance of pluralism in the making of constitutions, citing examples from the late Ottoman period. Stating that chaos begins when pluralism at […]
HDP's statement on continued Attacks on our party offices
On 17 December 2016, a bomb attack killed 14, and wounded more than 50 unarmed Turkish soldiers in Kayseri. As in previous cases, the HDP condemned this attack in the strongest terms. Yet, we believe that there is an urgent need to go beyond statements of condemnation and take urgent political initiative to stop militaristic […]
HDP's Statement regarding ongoing police raids
Following the bomb attack this weekend in Istanbul, the Minister of Interior said ‘we will avenge’ the strike, and today the long-ongoing crackdown against our party has accelerated. In Istanbul, Ankara, İzmir, Mersin, Adana, Antep, Urfa, Hakkâri and Manisa, 216 party executives and members were detained in the early morning through raids on their houses. […]
French and German delegations visit HDP’s members
The senators from French parliament Cecile Duflot and Sergio Coronado, and the representatives from Embassy of France visited our Parliamentary Group. The delegation met our Vice Co-chair in charge of Foreign Affairs, Hişyar Özsoy, our Parliamentary Administrator adn Istanbul deputy Sırrı Süreyya Önder, our deputies from Batman Ayşe Acar Başaran and Diyarbakır, Ziya Pir. The […]
13th International conference at the EP: “Turkey, The Kurds and the war in the Middle East”
Kariane WESTRHEIM, Chair of the EUTCC, University of Bergen, (Norway), Josef WEIDENHOLZER, MEP, Vice-President of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) in the European Parliament, (Austria) and Gabi ZIMMER, MEP, Chairwoman of the European United Left – Nordic Green Left Group (GUE/NGL) in the EP, (Germany) lauched the 13th annual conference of the […]
Nordic Delegation barred from visiting Demirtaş
A delegation of political party leaders from Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark made a statement outside Edirne Prison where their request to visit (Demirtaş) was rejected. Here is their statements: Jonas Sjöstedt; the leader of Sweden Left Party: We consider HDP to be our sister party and to be the most important party for democratic […]
List of jails – HDP's Deputies
Edirne F Tipi – Edirne F Type Prison Mr. Selahattin Demirtaş – Co-chair of HDP and MP for Istanbul Mr. Abdullah Zeydan – MP for Hakkari Silivri 9 Nolu – Silivri Prison No:9 / İstanbul Ms. Leyla Birlik – MP for Şırnak Ms. Nursel Aydoğan – MP for Diyarbakır Selma Irmak – MP for Hakkari Sebahat Tuncel – Co-chair of […]
HDP's Statement on unlawful crackdown on Kurdish municipalities
Twelve municipalities in Diyarbakır are ordered to follow a new regulation that requires them to conduct many municipal activities with pre-authorization by district governors. The Turkish government’s unlawful crackdown on Kurdish municipalities continues. In addition to the arrest of about 40 co-mayors and the “trustees” appointed to 38 municipalities, 12 district municipalities in Diyarbakır are […]
Imprisoned co-mayors from Kurdish Region by Turikish Government
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PES delegation denied visit to HDP Co-chair Demirtaş in Edirne
A delegation from the Party of European Socialists (PES) intended to pay a visit to HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş at the prison of Edirne, in Edirne province. The delegation was prevented from entering the prison where the PES’s associate party co-president is held prisoner. The delegation made therewith a press conference during which Stanishev protested […]
HDP MPs meet EP President Schulz in Brussels
A delegation from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) held talks in the European Parliament in Brussels and spoke of the dimension Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s dictatorial practices have reached today. The delegation was made up of HDP deputies Ertuğrul Kürkçü, Faysal Sarıyıldız, Tuğba Hezer and HDP Representative for Europe, Eyüp Doru. Welcomed by the […]
HDP's Delegation meets chair of S&D at the EP
A HDP’s delegation composed of Eyyup Doru, HDP’s representative in Europe and HDP deputies Tuğba Hezer Öztürk and Faysal Sarıyıldız, had a meeting with the chairman of the political group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S & D) Gianni Pittella in the European Parliament today to discuss the current situation in Turkey […]
Messages of our imprisoned MPs, including co-chairs Mr. Demirtas and Ms. Yuksekdag.
Selahattin Demirtaş: I would first like to extend my warmest love and regards to all friends. Our unlawful arrest has merely added to the deep darkness our country is being dragged into every day. However, those who think that they can force us to surrender in this darkness should know very well that a single […]
Rebecca Harm's statement on Turkey's recent opposition arrests
Opposition arrests a further blow to democracy and rule of law Several members of Turkey’s opposition HDP party, including its leader Selahattin Demirtas, have been arrested and detained in Ankara. Reacting to the arrests, Greens/EFA co-President Rebecca Harms said: “I am deeply shocked by the unlawful detention of Selahattin Demirtas and his colleagues. I have […]
PES deeply concerned about detention of HDP leaders Demirtas, Yuksekdag and other opposition MPs
The PES is profoundly concerned about the detention of the leaders of our associated member party HDP, Selahattin Demirtas and Figen Yüksekdag and a dozen other opposition MPs in Turkey. The arrests of the legally elected members of parliament, representatives of the Turkish people happens just a few days after a PES delegation led by […]
HDP's Central Executive Board doesn't recognize the appointment of a trustee to run Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality
There is another step taken by the Turkish government, who has normalized arbitrary, unlawful and anti-democratic practices. Passing over the political will of the people of Diyarbakir, the AKP government arrested the city’s co-mayors Ms Gültan Kışanak and Mr Fırat Anlı, who had been democratically elected by the votes of hundreds of thousands of people, […]
Party of European Socialists (PES) members hold talks in Amed
A PES delegation led by President Sergei Stanishev and composed of Arnie Lietz, Member of the European Parliament, SPD Germany, Herbert Schmalstieg, President of USKRE, Former Mayor of Hannover, SPD Germany, Marie Rose Koro, Consular Advisor of Turkey, PS, France, and Giacomo Filibeck, Deputy Secretary General, PES, held a series of meetings in Diyarbakir today. […]
Peoples’ Democratic Party Central Executive Board's statement – A ‘state of obeyers’ is being constructed
A ‘state of obeyers’ is being constructed On 29 October 2016 the Erdoğan-AKP government issued Decrees No 675-676 with the Power of Law in the framework of the State of Emergency. Some of the immediate and concrete results of these decrees are as follows: 10 thousand 159 teachers, health workers, academicians, ministry employees, public employees […]
Demirtaş on the attacks of municipalities – Diyarbakir
You are to give back the people’s will that you have stolen! On behalf of my party I thank all of you for supporting the municipality since the first moment this unlawful practice began. For the last two days no internet connection is provided in any Kurdish city. Oppositional TV outlets are seized and confiscated. […]