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Turkish Court Accepts Indictment on Outlawing Pro-Kurdish Party
Members of the Pro-Kurdish party Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) shout slogans against government in Istanbul, September 25, 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE/SEDAT SUNA
The country's top court conducted its first examination on Monday and unanimously agreed to accept the chief prosecutor's indictment and officially start the closure case.
Campaigning in Kurdish not crime, Turkey's top court rules
The Turkish Constitutional Court has decided that the five-year sentence handed down to three local politicians who campaigned in Kurdish back in 2009 was unjust, ruling a retrial of the suspects.
Propagating in Kurdish not crime, Turkey's top court rules
The Turkish Constitutional Court has decided that the five-year sentence handed down to three local politicians who propagated in Kurdish back in 2009 was unjust, ruling a retrial of the suspects.
My family faced racism in the past, says HDP's candidate Demirtaş
Presidential hopeful Selahattin DemirtaÅ, while speaking to broadcaster CNNTürk in the southern province of Adana on Aug. 6, said he and his family have suffered from several instances of racism in the past due to their Kurdish identity.