Content tagged with Selahattin Demirtaş

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
Writing for Hrant
Writing for Hrant
On the occasion of the 10th year of Hrant Dink's death, the ones who crossed his path and the ones who knew him wrote for Hrant Dink from “inside” and “outside.” Here are three letters to Hrant Dink from the “inside”.
18 January 2017
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
HDP co-chairs arrested
HDP co-chairs arrested
HDP co-chairs Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ are arrested.
4 November 2016 Haber Merkezi
Arrest request for Demirtaş and Yüksekdağ
Arrest request for Demirtaş and Yüksekdağ
HDP co-chairs Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ are referred to the court by the prosecution with arrest request.
4 November 2016
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
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
Police fire on the people who went take care of the injured
Police fire on the people who went take care of the injured
Cizre is still under curfew and police forces fired on the people who wanted to take care of the injured people in Cudi neighborhood. 10 people were injured, including Refik Tekin, working as a cameraman for İMC TV.
20 January 2016 Haber Merkezi
Suspicion of attempted assassination against Demirtaş
Suspicion of attempted assassination against Demirtaş
A mark in the armed car that is assigned to HDP’s co-chair Demirtaş brought about questions concerning an attempted assassination. The police said that it might be a bullet mark, whereas the governorship stated that it is not caused by a firearm.
23 November 2015 Haber Merkezi
Demirtaş: Trust yourselves, not us
Demirtaş: Trust yourselves, not us
HDP’s co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş answered Yetvart Danzikyan’s questions about current issues on “periscope” broadcast.
28 October 2015 Haber Merkezi
Demirtaş: What you have burned is not our buildings; it is your common future
Demirtaş: What you have burned is not our buildings; it is your common future
HDP’s co-leader Selahattin Demirtaş held a press conference at HDP Diyarbakır building. Speaking before heading to Cizre with HDP Committee, Demirtaş evaluated the attacks that have been going on for two days. Pointing out that the attackers are “paid and official mobs”, he said that they will pay the price before justice.
9 September 2015 Haber Merkezi
Demirtaş: “We will not allow you to drag this country into a civil war”
Demirtaş: “We will not allow you to drag this country into a civil war”
HDP Co-Chairperson Selahattin Demirtaş has responded to journalists’ questions regarding operations targeting the PKK and ISIS.
27 July 2015 Haber Merkezi
Demirtaş: “We will not be part of a coalition that includes AKP”
Demirtaş: “We will not be part of a coalition that includes AKP”
HDP Co-Chairperson Selahattin Demirtaş has stated that they were well aware of their responsibility and that they would not allow for chaos, tension, insecurity and instability in Turkey.
9 June 2015 Haber Merkezi
“HDP is now truly a party of the whole of Turkey”
“HDP is now truly a party of the whole of Turkey”
HDP Co-Chairpersons Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ held a press-conference following the HDP’s election victory. The leaders thanked those who supported the collective effort, and declared, “no coalition with the AKP”.
7 June 2015 Haber Merkezi
Demirtaş: We Will Win, Peace Will Win
Demirtaş: We Will Win, Peace Will Win
2 people are reported dead following a double explosion at the HDP’s Diyarbakır rally. HDP Co-Chairperson Selahattin Demirtaş repeated his call for calm and peace as in previous attacks targeting the party: “We will win, peace will win. I congratulate your resolve.”
5 June 2015 Haber Merkezi
Davutoğlu’s transformation: From ‘The Diaspora is our Diaspora’ to ‘Those who claim a right over our lands’
Davutoğlu’s transformation: From ‘The Diaspora is our Diaspora’ to ‘Those who claim a right over our lands’
Prime Minister Davutoğlu, in a television interview, implying HDP co-President Selahattin Demirtaş, said, “I wonder what bargains he has made that led him to sabotage the Solution Process upon his return to Turkey, I wonder what bargains he has made that he is acting in tandem with the Armenian Diaspora that claims a right over the lands on which the Solution Process focuses”. Yet it was only three months ago that the same Prime Minister had said, “The Diaspora is our Diaspora”.
25 May 2015 Haber Merkezi
Demirtaş: Our one and only answer to provocations is peace
Demirtaş: Our one and only answer to provocations is peace
HDP co-leader Selahattin Demirtaş spoke at a rally in Mersin that went ahead in defiance of the synchronized bomb attacks on his party’s bureaus in Mersin and Adana: ‘We will approach other political parties with feelings of fraternity in order to render this provocation void’
18 May 2015 Haber Merkezi