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April 9, 2021April 9, 2021

International Statements: #SolidarityWithHDP (Updated)

International Statements: #SolidarityWithHDP (Updated)

The following solidarity statements rose all around the globe for our party after this lawsuit was filed. Herewith we thank you all friends who stand in solidarity with us.

April 8, 2021April 8, 2021

On the high-level meeting between the EU leaders and President Erdoğan

On the high-level meeting between the EU leaders and President Erdoğan

We ask the EU to do more than making statements of concern, and reconsider and reposition the centrality of human rights and democracy as the key to the “positive agenda” that they want to pursue with Turkey – a candidate country.

April 6, 2021April 8, 2021

MEPs write to Leyen and Michel ahead of visit to Turkey

MEPs write to Leyen and Michel ahead of visit to Turkey

MEPs wrote to Leyen and Michel and expressed concern about the multiple structural and political problems of Erdoğan’s regime, saying they hope that these issues will be considered and addressed during their meeting with President Erdoğan.

April 5, 2021April 5, 2021

HDP MP Gergerlioğlu arrested – dragged out of his home barefoot, hospitalized, and imprisoned

HDP MP Gergerlioğlu arrested – dragged out of his home barefoot, hospitalized, and imprisoned

“In the evening of 2 April 2021, police raided Gergerlioğlu’s residence and he was forcefully detained. Interestingly (!), one of the police chiefs who came to arrest him was the very person whom Gergerlioğlu unveiled as a torturer in a speech he made at the parliament in 2019.”

April 2, 2021April 5, 2021

Kobanê trial: Court reviews arrest of 28 politicians

Kobanê trial: Court reviews arrest of 28 politicians

The arrested defendants attended the hearing via video conference in the case where HDP’s former Co-Chairs Figen Yüksekdağ and Selahattin Demirtaş and dismissed Kars Co-Mayor Ayhan Bilgen are also standing trial.

April 2, 2021April 5, 2021

HDP MP Gergerlioğlu detained at home

HDP MP Gergerlioğlu detained at home

After his prison sentence because of a tweet became final, Gergerlioğlu’s parliamentary mandate was revoked on March 17.

April 1, 2021April 1, 2021

Kurdish Friendship Group in the EP issue a call for Shengal

Kurdish Friendship Group in the EP issue a call for Shengal

The Kurdish Friendship Group in the European Parliament demanded the acknowledgment of the existing Yazidi governance structures by the Iraqi government, stating that they are ready to play their part in helping to find a peaceful resolution to tensions.

April 1, 2021April 2, 2021

Swiss MPs urge the government to put pressure on Turkey

Swiss MPs urge the government to put pressure on Turkey

33 MPs of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland have called for pressure on Turkey in a letter which highlights human rights violations committed by the Turkish state in its own country and in Syria, Iraq, Libya and Armenia.

March 29, 2021March 30, 2021

Sancar: ‘This vile indictment could not have been issued by legal professionals’

Sancar: ‘This vile indictment could not have been issued by legal professionals’

Speaking before the Party Assembly meeting, HDP Co-Chair Sancar said, “HDP is a strong line of thought. For this reason, they cannot close the HDP. The effort to close it is just an open confession of the fact that their own power is coming to an end.”

March 26, 2021March 27, 2021

HDP meets with European Parliament GUE/NGL and Greens/EFA MEPs

HDP meets with European Parliament GUE/NGL and Greens/EFA MEPs

It is stated that the European Union and the Council of Europe should determine their relations with the current government in Turkey on the basis of ‘Human rights and Democracy’ within EU values.

March 26, 2021March 26, 2021

Solidarity Letters from the Left and Socialist Parties of the Netherlands, France and Germany

Solidarity Letters from the Left and Socialist Parties of the Netherlands, France and Germany

The left and socialist parties of the Netherlands, Germany, France sent a message of solidarity to the HDP (Peoples’ Democratic Party), saying, “We admire your struggle.”

March 26, 2021March 26, 2021

HDP: ‘AKP-MHP bloc takes Turkey back to darkness of 1990s’

HDP: ‘AKP-MHP bloc takes Turkey back to darkness of 1990s’

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Spokesperson Ebru Günay has made remarks on the closure case against the party, Gergerlioğlu’s detention, the İstanbul Convention and PKK leader Öcalan.

March 24, 2021March 25, 2021

Human rights and rule of law should be at the core of EU-Turkey relations

Human rights and rule of law should be at the core of EU-Turkey relations

“However, and particularly because Turkey is not just a third country, but a candidate country to the EU, this cannot be pursued at any cost. Human rights and the rule of law should not be sacrificed on the altar of realpolitik.”

March 24, 2021March 24, 2021

Istanbul Convention is Ours – We Will Never Give Up on It

Istanbul Convention is Ours – We Will Never Give Up on It

In all cities of Turkey and Kurdistan, women have risen in protest in streets, squares and
neighbourhoods against this attack from the state on the women’s right to an equal life free
from violence and demanding the withdrawal of the decision.

March 24, 2021March 25, 2021

MEPs call on EU summit to act against Erdogan

MEPs call on EU summit to act against Erdogan

“We Members of the European Parliament share the conviction that the upcoming EU summit faces a historic task. We call on the participants of the summit to finally end the appeasement policy towards the Erdogan regime.”

March 23, 2021March 24, 2021

Gergerlioğlu: I won’t turn myself in, they can come and take me by force

Gergerlioğlu: I won’t turn myself in, they can come and take me by force

Stripped of his MP status, HDP’s Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has received a notification indicating that he is expected to hand himself over to the public prosecutor’s office within 10 days; otherwise, a detention warrant will be issued against him.

March 23, 2021March 24, 2021

‘Newroz’ investigation against HDP Co-Chair Sancar

‘Newroz’ investigation against HDP Co-Chair Sancar

An investigation has been launched against HDP Co-Chair Mithat Sancar over his speech during the Newroz celebrations in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority province of Diyarbakır on March 21. 13 people were detained yesterday.

March 20, 2021March 23, 2021

HDP’s Women’s Assembly’s statement on the withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention

HDP’s Women’s Assembly’s statement on the withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention

We will never forgo the Istanbul Convention. The AKP-MHP masculine alliance which is trying to abolish our rights and gains with a decree has been herewith nullified in the eyes of women!

March 19, 2021March 23, 2021

History of party closures in Turkey since the beginning of the Republic

History of party closures in Turkey since the beginning of the Republic

The power to close down a political party lies with the Constitutional Court in Turkey. Since its foundation in 1963, it has closed 26 parties. Before the establishment of the top court, several political parties had been closed by the Council of Minister, military courts and local courts.

March 18, 2021March 23, 2021

HDP: Appeal of the Chief Public Prosecutor to the Constitutional Court

HDP: Appeal of the Chief Public Prosecutor to the Constitutional Court

On 17 March 2021, the final ruling against HDP parliamentarian Mr. Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu was read out at the plenary session of the Parliament and he was stripped of his status as a deputy. A few hours later, it came out that the Chief Public Prosecutor of the Court of Cassation has filed a lawsuit with the Constitutional Court to ban the HDP altogether.

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