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Turkey: the wondrous tale of democratic resilience
All the country’s democratic and civic institutions — from an impartial judiciary to its newspapers and universities — have been battered by the ruling party
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“Release Selahattin Demirtaş, Turkey!” European Court of Human Rights
In November 2016, Selahattin Demirtaş, along with 12 other HDP (Halkların Demokratik Partisi) members of the Turkish parliament were arrested on ‘terror’-related charges for which he currently faces up to 142 years imprisonment if convicted
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Peoples’ Democratic Party to the People “HDP is the leading force of the struggle for peace and democracy”
Turkey. Ballot boxes can never be used as the means to legitimize fascism
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Turkish Presidential Candidate Demirtaş “We will continue to fight”
Selahattin Demirtaş, the party’s unsuccessful presidential candidate, released the following statement through his lawyers from his prison cell
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Turkish Presidential Candidate Demirtaş: “I am running for president in Turkey, from my prison cell”
“The only hope for a liberal, democratic future lies in our coming together to defeat the authoritarian regime.” Selahattin Demirtaş
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A fridge, a kettle and a farm. Metaphors abound in Turkey’s troubling presidential election
On Sunday June 24 Turkish voters will go to the polls to elect a new president, with five other candidates challenging incumbent and race favourite Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for a five-year term.
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Turkish Presidential Candidate Demirtaş Speaks – From Prison
17th June: Selahattin Demirtaş, jailed presidential candidate for the Kurdish-backed Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), made his presidential campaign speech on the state broadcaster TRT
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TURKEY: AKP WAR AGAINST PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION
We learn that HDP Deputies Ahmet Yıldırım and İbrahim Ayhan have also lost their parliamentary status after being convicted in criminal court
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TURKEY: KURDISH DEPUTIES JAILED
HDP Deputy İdris Baluken was sentenced by the Diyarbakir 8th High Criminal Court to 16 years and eight months in jail
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CIZRE: TWO YEARS ON STILL WAITING
Post Views: 216 “For 79 days, the people of Cizre witnessed an exceptional massacre in history. For the sake of a humane and free life, they lost their daughters and sons during the resistance. Yet they have not surrendered, and
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