by TurkeyPurge | May 1, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
An İstanbul prosecutor is seeking five years in prison for two pro-Kurdish politician, Selahattin Demirtaş and Sırrı Süreyya Önder. Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency reported that Demirtaş, the former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP)...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 7, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) stripped pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (HDP) Şırnak deputy Ferhat Encü of his parliamentary status on Tuesday. TMMB’s decision came in the wake of Encü’s prison sentence was upheld by an appeal court. Encu has...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 12, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş made his first appearance in court today as part of a trial in which he is charged with insulting the president of Turkey, the bianet news website reported. The İstanbul Bakırköy 38th Criminal Court of First...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 3, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) leader Selahattin Demirtas was fined TL 15,000 ($5,500) for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Media reported Tuesday that an Ankara ruled that Demirtas insulted Erdogan during a HDP rally in the southern province of...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 3, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A Kurdish-language audio library, opened specifically for disabled children in 2014, has been shut down after the government seized the administration of the Diyarbakir Municipality over terror charges. Diyarbakir Municipality’s Social Services Unit established a web...
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