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Kurds, legitimate security concerns, universal values and the mountains
Under the title “Cooperating with Erdogan means selling humanity” the Swedish newspaper Dagens ETC an article written by Devriş Çimen, the European representative of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP).
Imprisoned Kurdish politician denied release for ‘saying hello to other prisoners’ families’
Mukaddes Kubilay, the former co-mayr of Ağrı, has been found not to be in good conduct and her release has been delayed.
Dilan Taşdemir: Law is suspended in Turkish prison
HDP Ağrı Deputy Dirayet Dilan Taşdemir said that every prison has become an autonomous structure and added that “the law has been completely abolished and torture has become systematic.”
Özsoy: ‘If Erdogan goes to war, he will have to pay a huge price’
HDP’s Deputy Chair of the Foreign Affairs Commission, Hişyar Özsoy, said that “if Erdogan wages a war that may disturb the existing balance of power, he will have to pay a huge military and political price.”
“Legitimate security concerns” of Kurds and some open questions
Devriş Çimen: “In short, oppressors cannot have legitimate security concerns. On the contrary, the oppressed have security concerns that should be morally, politically and legally supported by everyone else.”
HDP: “The Turkish government is politically and legally responsible for the massacre in Zakho”
The HDP Central Executive Board issued a statement condemning the massacre carried out by the Turkish Armed Forces in Zakho and called it a “second Roboski” (*)
Deputy Co-chair: Defending the HDP means, defending millions of people
Deputy co-chair of the HDP, Özlem Gündüz, says: “We are aware that by defending the HDP we are defending not just a party, but a people and a society. We represent millions of people and, perhaps more importantly, we are the address of millions of hopes.”
Forensic medicine continues to persecute Aysel Tuğluk suffering from dementia in prison
The Forensic Medicine Institution has once again issued a report saying that Kurdish politician Aysel Tuğluk, who is suffering from chronic and progressive Alzheimer’s dementia in prison, is fit for detention.
The Kurds Aren’t a “Security Threat” — They’re the Ones Being Attacked
Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has pushed Sweden and Finland to crack down on Kurdish groups in exchange for NATO membership. He cites his country’s “legitimate security concerns” — but it’s the long-oppressed Kurds who have most to fear.
Özsoy: Finland and Sweden now have their own “Kurdish problem”
HDP Foreign Affairs Co-spokesperson Hisyar Özsoy: Turkish President Erdogan is trying to further militarize the Kurdish question and make it a NATO issue.
HDP held 5th Ordinary Congress: The democratic alternative will be decisive in the future
The 5th Ordinary Congress of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) was held in Ankara on 3 July, to elect the co-chairs and central party officials with more than a hundred international participants and thousands of guests.
HDP 5th Ordinary Congress will be held under the slogan “We are the solution, we have a promise!”
The 5th ordinary HDP congress will be held under the slogan “We are the solution, we have a promise!” on 3 July in Ankara with up to 50 thousand participants, including more than 100 international guests.
Temel: Government targets Kurdish journalists to obscure its crimes
HDP Co-Deputy Chair Tayip Temel said that the government targets Kurdish journalists to silence the society and to conceal its crimes. Temel called for solidarity with the Kurdish press.
Dozens of Kurdish concerts, plays banned in Turkey in three years
Many concerts, theater plays, and other events in Kurdish have been banned in the last three years. Artists and musicians have difficulties finding places to organize events.
Turkish supreme court upholds prison sentence against opposition politician Canan Kaftancıoğlu
We believe that government pressure on their opponents will increase as we get closer to the elections. And, so long as the international community remains silent, this repression will become even more brutal.
Systematic attacks by Erdogan regime on HDP and women in politics increase
Our Spokesperson for Women’s Assembly, Batman MP Ms. Ayşe Acar Başaran, wanted to make a press statement against this attack, but she was, verbally attacked by a police officer. He threatened her saying “I’ll nail you on the wall.”
Police brutally attacked HDP MPs and members in front of the party headquarters
When HDP deputies and members protested this police provocation in front of the HDP headquarters (on May 5), the police attacked them harshly. (…) This organized attack is part of a long campaign aimed at silencing and completely eliminating the HDP.
HDP launches campaign demanding equal citizenship rights for Turkey’s Alevi minority
Alevis’ places of worship should be recognized by the state and the massacres against them should be confronted with, HDP Co-Chair Sancar has said.
Turkey’s prisons continue to be centres of ill-treatment and torture
Statement by HDP Foreign Affairs Co-spokespersons Feleknas Uca and Hişyar Özsoy: More prisoners lose their lives in Turkey’s prisons. According to the Turkish Human Rights Association (İHD), on 19 November 2021, there were at least 1569 ill prisoners, 591 of whom were seriously ill…