Content tagged with HDP

HDP: we share 102-year suffering and mourning
HDP: we share 102-year suffering and mourning
HDP Central Executive Committee released a written statement on the occasion of 102nd anniversary of Armenian Genocide.
24 April 2017
HDP appeals for annulment of referendum
HDP appeals for annulment of referendum
After CHP, HDP appealed for annulment of referendum. HDP also filed a criminal complaint against the head of Supreme Board of Election of Turkey (SBE).
19 April 2017 Haber Merkezi
Major election fraud suspicion in Viranşehir
Major election fraud suspicion in Viranşehir
Rıdvan Yılmaz, spokesperson of HDP Election Committee, claimed that block votes were cast in 60 neighborhoods in Viranşehir district of Urfa. In Viranşehir, there are 13,067 “yes” and 58 “no” votes.
18 April 2017 Haber Merkezi
Baydemir: this picture increased our hope
Baydemir: this picture increased our hope
HDP Spokesperson Osman Baydemir assessed the referendum result in a press conference held in HDP headquarter.
17 April 2017 Haber Merkezi
HDP: 76 prisoners are on hunger strike
HDP: 76 prisoners are on hunger strike
HDP Prison Committee stated that 76 prisoners in six prisons are on hunger strike indefinitely and without taking turns.
3 April 2017 Haber Merkezi
İdris Baluken arrested again
İdris Baluken arrested again
Released on January 30, HDP Diyarbakir MP İdris Baluken was detained in Ankara yesterday. After being referred to the court, he is arrested again.
22 February 2017 Haber Merkezi
Figen Yüksekdağ disqualified from membership of the parliament
Figen Yüksekdağ disqualified from membership of the parliament
In General Assembly of the Turkish parliament, jailed HDP co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ is disqualified from membership of the parliament.
21 February 2017 Haber Merkezi
HDP appeals to ECHR for arrested co-chairs
HDP appeals to ECHR for arrested co-chairs
HDP appealed to European Court of Human Rights for its arrested co-chairs Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ. The ground of the application is the violation of right to free election and the fact that Turkish Constitutional Court doesn't carry out any examination.
20 February 2017 Haber Merkezi
Crackdown on HDP continues: Beştaş arrested
Crackdown on HDP continues: Beştaş arrested
HDP Adana MP Meral Danış Beştaş was detained and released provisionally before. Yesterday, the prosecutor objected the release. After the objection, Beştaş was detained again and then arrested.
31 January 2017 Haber Merkezi
“Our message is the same inside and outside: peace, democracy, freedom”
“Our message is the same inside and outside: peace, democracy, freedom”
HDP Group Deputy Chairperson and Diyarbakir MP İdris Baluken was released yesterday.
30 January 2017 Haber Merkezi
4 HDP MPs give statement to the prosecutor
4 HDP MPs give statement to the prosecutor
HDP MPs Mehmet Adıyaman, Osman Baydemir, Ahmet Yıldırım and İmam Taşçıer have been taken into custody today to give statement to the prosecutor. They are released, after they have given their statements.
25 January 2017
Proposed constitutional amendments to be voted today
Proposed constitutional amendments to be voted today
On Monday, proposal for discussing the constitutional amendments in the parliament was passed with 338 votes in favor and 134 against.
10 January 2017 Haber Merkezi
HDP MPs Konca and Demirel arrested
HDP MPs Konca and Demirel arrested
HDP MP Besime Konca and group deputy chairperson Çağlar Demirel were arrested yesterday. HDP Siirt MP Besime Konca had been released, but she was detained again upon the objection by prosecution and then arrested.
13 December 2016 Haber Merkezi
Ayhan Bilgen: 237 HDP officials are detained
Ayhan Bilgen: 237 HDP officials are detained
Ayhan Bilgen, spokesperson of HDP, stated that 237 HDP officials have been detained in simultaneous operations carried out this morning. He also said that HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş had heart spasm on Saturday and he is denied healthcare services in prison.
12 December 2016 Haber Merkezi
118 HDP officials including co-chairs detained
118 HDP officials including co-chairs detained
118 people have been detained in police operations against HDP officials in Istanbul, Ankara, Adana, Manisa and Mersin.
12 December 2016 Haber Merkezi
HDP decides to rejoin parliamentary work
HDP decides to rejoin parliamentary work
HDP had decided to withdraw from parliamentary committees after the co-chairs and 7 MPs of the party were arrested on November 6. HDP Spokesperson Ayhan Bilgen announced that they have changed their mind and they will take part in the committees once again.
22 November 2016 Haber Merkezi
Armenian Diaspora's reaction against the arrest of HDP MPs
Armenian Diaspora's reaction against the arrest of HDP MPs
7 November 2016
HDP co-chairs arrested
HDP co-chairs arrested
HDP co-chairs Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ are arrested.
4 November 2016 Haber Merkezi
HDP MPs Aydoğan, Birlik and Baluken arrested
HDP MPs Aydoğan, Birlik and Baluken arrested
HDP Diyarbakir MP Nursel Aydoğan, Şırnak MP Leyla Birlik, Diyarbakir MP and Group Deputy Chair İdris Baluken have been arrested.
4 November 2016 Haber Merkezi
Police attacks people protesting detention of HDP MPs
Police attacks people protesting detention of HDP MPs
Protests are staged in Ankara, Istanbul, İzmir and Antalya, after HDP MPs have been detained. The security forces attacked the protesters.
4 November 2016 Haber Merkezi
(LIVE) Operation against HDP: Co-chairs and 6 MPs arrested
(LIVE) Operation against HDP: Co-chairs and 6 MPs arrested
HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ and HDP MPs Ferhat Encü, Selma Irmak, Abdullah Zeydan, İdris Baluken, Sırrı Süreyya Önder, Ziya Pir, Nursel Aydoğan and Gülser Yıldırım have been detained in operations around midnight.
4 November 2016
HDP to appeal ECHR
HDP to appeal ECHR
HDP appeals to ECHR concerning the lifting of the parliamentary immunity, since the internal authorities to be appealed are exhausted.
3 October 2016 Haber Merkezi
The indefinite hunger strike continues
The indefinite hunger strike continues
The hunger strike of 50 politicians, that HDP, DBP, DTK, KJA and HDK planned for initiating “meetings with Öcalan in a legal way" started yesterday in Diyarbakir.
6 September 2016 Haber Merkezi
50 politicians to go on a hunger strike
50 politicians to go on a hunger strike
Starting from September 5, 50 politicians will be on an indefinite hunger strike until they will have contact with PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan. Hatip Dicle has read the statement on behalf of HDP, DBP (Democratic Regions Party), KJA (Free Women's Congress), DTK (Democratic Society Congress) and HDK (Peoples' Democratic Congress).
31 August 2016 Haber Merkezi
5 years of imprisonment requested for Demirtaş and Önder
5 years of imprisonment requested for Demirtaş and Önder
Bakırköy Chief Public Prosecutor's Office issued an indictment against HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş and Ankara MP Sırrı Süreyya Önder charging “making propaganda for terrorist organization”. 5 years of imprisonment requested for two politicians.
12 August 2016 Haber Merkezi
President Erdoğan withdraws all lawsuits, with the exception of HDP
President Erdoğan withdraws all lawsuits, with the exception of HDP
Erdoğan's lawyer Hüseyin Aydın announced that the lawsuits against HDP won't be withdrawn.
1 August 2016 Haber Merkezi
Leaders summit without HDP in presidential palace
Leaders summit without HDP in presidential palace
CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and MHP Chair Devlet Bahçeli will be hosted in presidential palace for the first time. President Erdoğan hasn't invited HDP to the meeting where the leaders of political parties will come together.
25 July 2016 Haber Merkezi
Paylan: in order to defend our supporters' will, we won't go to court
Paylan: in order to defend our supporters' will, we won't go to court
HDP Istanbul MP Garo Paylan assessed the voting that clears the way for lifting the parliamentary immunity. Saying that he considers CHP's attitude as “falling prey to AKP”, Paylan said: “In order to defend our supporters' will, we won't go to the courts which this oppressive law commands us to go.”
20 May 2016 Gözde Kazaz
Bill for lifting the MPs immunity passed
Bill for lifting the MPs immunity passed
Turkish parliament approved the immunity bill by 374 votes in favor. The bill will become effective after President Erdoğan's approval.
20 May 2016 Haber Merkezi
First session on parliamentary immunity starts
First session on parliamentary immunity starts
Today, the constitutional amendment bill prepared for lifting the parliamentary immunity of the lawmakers who have outstanding dossiers against them, which caused quarrels during the committee meeting, will be brought to the agenda of the general assembly of the parliament.
17 May 2016 Haber Merkezi
Demirtaş: people can form more than one parliament, if they want
Demirtaş: people can form more than one parliament, if they want
HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş spoke about the lifting of the parliamentary immunity: “They will try to bring some of our MPs to the court, which became AKP's law committee, and lynch them. Do they think that we will keep silent? We won't let you to prosecute us in the courts that are dependent on you. None of our friends will go to police, prosecutor or court, when they are called to give statement.”
3 May 2016 Haber Merkezi
HDP left the committee, parliamentary immunity proposal accepted
HDP left the committee, parliamentary immunity proposal accepted
After the quarrels in the sessions of Parliamentary Immunity Committee, HDP MPs left the committee. Working without HDP, the committee accepted the proposal.
3 May 2016