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 | Jul 9, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Ankara police beat family members of victims of a 2013 terrorist attack in Reyhanlı after a hearing on Friday and then apologized to them, saying, “Sorry, we thought you were supporters of jailed [pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP)] Co-chair Selahattin...