by TurkeyPurge | Feb 26, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Figen Yüksekdağ has been handed down a prison sentence of 1 year and 6 months for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. A Diyarbakir court convicted Yüksekdağ for a statement she made while under...
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 | Jun 8, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Co-Chairperson of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Figen Yüksekdağ has been handed down a prison sentence of one year for “publicly insulting the government of Turkey,” the state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Thursday. The Adana 11th Penal Court...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 11, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Co-Chairperson of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Figen Yüksekdağ has been sentenced to one year in prison for “disseminating the propaganda of a terrorist organization.” The decision was made by the İstanbul 22nd High Criminal Court. Yüksekdağ was...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 17, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
An indictment prepared by a Diyarbakır prosecutor is seeking a jail sentence of up to 142 years for pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş and up to 83 years for the party’s other co-chair, Figen Yüksekdağ, who were both put behind...
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