by TurkeyPurge | Oct 13, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said that Osman Kavala, a Turkish businessman and a human rights activist, and Selahattin Demirtaş, the former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), have been...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 3, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Selahattin Demirtaş, an imprisoned Kurdish politician, temporarily lost consciousness on Nov. 26 after experiencing pain in his chest and trouble breathing but was not referred to specialists for further examination after receiving basic emergency treatment, his...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 16, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish TV station has reportedly refused to air an election campaign video prepared by the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) for the upcoming local elections. Upon the refusals, the party officals posted the campaign video on the party’s Twitter...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 13, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
A 57-year-old man in İstanbul was arrested on terrorism charges for hanging a poster of former Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) leader Selahattin Demirtaş, who has been behind bars since November 2016, the Mezopotamya news agency reported. The man, Selahattin...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 18, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A Turkish high criminal court has decided to keep former pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chairperson Selahattin Demirtaş in prison during a trial in which he faces terror charges. The last hearing of Demirtaş’s trial in which he is charged with leading...
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