A Turkish court has ruled that the former leader of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish opposition Selahattin Demirtas remain in prison, his lawyer said on Twitter, after top EU officials last week called for the politician’s …
The European Union’s foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini said that she hopes the detained pro-Kurdish politician, Selahattin Demirtas, would be released soon. Speaking after talks with the …
A German-Kurdish singer Saide Inac has been remanded in custody in Turkey on terrorism-related charges. Inac, 47, who goes by the artistic name Hozan Cane, was detained on June 22 in the western province of Edirne …
Turkey is holding snap presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday
The people's support of current Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the general elections, which will be held on June 24, increased by 1% this week, according to the survey carried out by the polling firm Gezici. …
Turkey's High Electoral Board (YSK) has presented samples of ballots for the presidential election scheduled for June 24, Turkish media reported. The name of the presidential candidate Muharrem Ince from the Republican …
Turkey's Supreme Election Board has released an unofficial candidates list for the June 24 presidential elections, according to Resmi Gazete. According to the list, six candidates will run for the presidency in Turkey: Recep …
Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party on Wednesday said its charismatic former leader Selahattin Demirtas would be its candidate for president in polls next month, even though he is currently jailed and on trial in several legal cases, France 24 …
Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed co-chair of the Kurdish issue-focused Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), will start a hunger strike on March 31 to protest 'inhumane treatment', along with jailed HDP deputy Abdullah Zeydan. …
Turkey detained two co-leaders and ten other lawmakers of Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) early on Friday over reluctance to give …
The Turkish parliament will begin to debate the draft law on depriving MPs of the parliamentary immunity, The Guardian reports. A push by the Turkish government to strip parliamentarians of their immunity is a clear attempt by the …
Turkey’s government will submit a draft proposal to parliament to remove parliamentarians’ immunity from prosecution as early as Tuesday, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said, Reuters …
The head of the Turkish opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Selahattin Demirtas, may be deprived of his parliamentary immunity. Turkey’s Justice Ministry appealed to the parliament for depriving …
Speaking at today's meeting with Mukhtars (village heads) in Ankara, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged parliamentarians to deprive five MPs from the pro-Kurdish People's democracy Party of their immunity, …
The co-leader of the Peoples' Democratic Party of Turkey, Selahattin Demirtas, said at the meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that he attaches great importance to relations with Russia …
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a meeting with the co-leader of the Peoples' Democratic Party of Turkey, Selahattin Demirtas, that the relations between the peoples of Russia and Turkey will …
Turkey has opened a criminal investigation into the leader of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Selahattin Demirtas, on charges ranging from humiliating the Turkish people to insulting the president and the …
Leader of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Party of Peoples, Selahattin Demirtas, expressed readiness to participate in negotiations on the establishment of a coalition on the condition that Prime Minister of Turkey Ahmet …
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has started talks with the leader of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Selahattin Demirtas. The meeting will focus on discussing the process of a democratic settlement of the Kurdish problem which
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has started talks with the leader of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), Kemal Kilicdaroglu, on forming a coalition government, TRT Haber news channel reports. Following this, the prime minister is expected to hold
