Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party, its allies call on voters to back Erdogan’s rival

Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party and its leftist allies called on voters Friday to back President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s main rival in the May 14 polls.

Turkey’s pro-Kurd party to back main Erdogan rival at polls

Turkey’s largest non-aligned political party is planning to throw its weight behind an opposition alliance trying to unseat President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in elections in May, intensifying what’s become one of the biggest tests of his two decades in power.

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish HDP fights ‘political coup’ as govt moves to ban party

 

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Germany 'two-faced' for allowing HDP rally in Cologne: Turkish Foreign Ministry

The Turkish Foreign Ministry said on May 26 it condemned as a "double standard" a decision by Germany to allow a rally by the Kurdish issue-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in Cologne, having previously prevented ruling party politicians from campaigning there.

Turkey’s Parliament Bans the Use of the Terms "Armenian Genocide", “Kurdistan,” and “Kurdish regions.”

As part of a package of measures aimed to change internal procedural rules of the Turkish parliament, the legislature’s constitutional committee on Thursday approved a provision banning the use of the word “Armenian Genocide” from being used in legislative body.

Armenian lawmaker banned from Turkish parliament for using the term genocide

A Turkish-Armenian member of parliament was temporarily banned from Turkey's National Assembly after he used the term genocide to describe the deaths of Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Empire a century ago, media reported on Saturday.

Turkey detains over 100 pro-Kurdish party officials: media

Turkish police detained more than 100 pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) officials on Monday over alleged links to Kurdish militants in a country-wide operation, state media reported.

Turkey's Diyarbakir former mayor demanded 230 years in prison

Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday demanded 230 years in prison for Diyarbakir's ousted mayor, local Dogan News agency reported.

Turquie: des députés européens empêchés de rencontrer un leader prokurde incarcéré

Les autorités turques ont empêché lundi des députés européens de rencontrer le leader du principal parti prokurde, Selahattin Demirtas, écroué dans le cadre d'une enquête pour "terrorisme", a constaté une journaliste de l'AFP.

Meeting fugitive lawmakers 'beneficial': EU Commission

The EU Commission claimed Wednesday that Commissioner for Enlargement Johannes Hahn's meeting with fugitive Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies would “benefit” Turkish-EU relations.

Austrian MPs call for suspending Turkey’s EU accession

Austrian lawmakers Thursday called for a suspension of Turkey's EU accession process amid the recent detention of a number of opposition deputies and journalists.

Arrested HDP MPs behaving like terrorists: Erdogan

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused arrested lawmakers of the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) of behaving like terrorists, saying they aim to put Turkey into trouble in the international scene.

Berlin summons Turkish envoy after MP arrests

Germany on Friday summoned Turkey's envoy after Ankara detained almost a dozen lawmakers from the main pro-Kurdish party, warning that a crackdown against terror should not be used as an excuse to silence the opposition.

Turkey detains leaders of pro-Kurdish party

Turkey detained two co-leaders and nine other lawmakers of Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) early on Friday over reluctance to give testimony for crimes linked to "terrorist propaganda."

HDP: Turkish government uses ambulances to transport weapons into Syria

Spokesman of the People’s Democratic Party in Turkey (HDP) Ayhan Bilgen affirmed that the Turkish government, since the beginning of the crisis in Syria, has been transporting weapons via ambulances to the terrorist organizations in Syria.

HDP deputies refuse to answer prosecutors’ call

Two Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) lawmakers, Ahmet Yıldırım and Burcu Çelik Özcan, have refused a call from prosecutors to give their testimonies, in the first case since scores of MPs were stripped of their immunity by the Turkish parliament.

Turkish court seeks two life and 486-year prison sentence for Kurdish leader Demirtaş

Judicial process has been started against HDP (Peoples’ Democratic Party) officials soon after the lifting of parliamentary immunities upon an instruction of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Turkey passes bill to strip politicians of immunity

Turkey's parliament has ratified a bill that will strip some legislators of immunity from prosecution - a move members of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) say targets them.

Turkish MPs May be Stripped of Immunity

Punches and water were thrown during a Turkish parliamentary committee meeting late Monday night before a bill that would strip deputies of their immunity from prosecution was passed.

European court dismisses requests to lift curfews in Turkey’s southeast

The European Court of Human Rights has dismissed demands for an interim injunction to lift ongoing curfews in two southeastern districts where operations against militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) are continuing.