by TurkeyPurge | Dec 8, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Following the arrest of 10 deputies from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) last month, Turkish police detained Hüda Kaya, another lawmaker from the party, on Thursday. Kaya was detained in İstanbul and was being taken to İstanbul Courthouse in Çağlayan,...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 7, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Following the arrest of nine deputies from the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) last week, Turkey on Monday arrested one more HDP deputy in the southeastern province of Hakkari. HDP Hakkari deputy Nihat Akdoğan was detained at the Depin police checkpoint,...
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