Selahattin Demirtas

The imprisoned co-leader of the Kurdish-issue focused People's Democratic Party (HDP), Selahattin Demirtaş, issued a petition to the Parliamentary Speaker's Office to address his party group from prison via audio-visual information technology (SEGBİS) as a response to the Justice Ministry's defense to the top court.

The first anniversary of the bloody July 15, 2016, coup attempt is being marked in week-long events across the country, with major activities slated to take place over the weekend, particularly in Ankara and Istanbul, two of Turkey's largest cities heavily targeted by the coup plotters on that night. 

Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed co-leader of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), has penned a letter to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan after the latter accused him of being a "terrorist." 

In the letter publicized by his lawyers on June 10, Demirtaş stated that with his comments, Erdoğan had "proven his influence" over the case the HDP is being tried in.

On June 17, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan denounced as illegitimate the ongoing protest march from Turkish capital Ankara to Istanbul, organized to demand justice regarding Erdogan’s media crackdown and led by Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party, or

The jailed co-chair of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has said a march launched by the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) should "unify all opposition groups." 

The main opposition Republican People's Party's (CHP) march from the Turkish capital Ankara to Istanbul is the result of courage inspired by Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş, who has been jailed since Nov. 4, 2016 on terror charges, HDP spokesperson Osman Baydemir said on June 20.

Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed co-chair of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), has expressed his happiness at receiving hundreds of letters from the supporters of other parties in the country, in response to questions submitted to him by the Ankara correspondent of the Dicle News Agency (Dihaber).

Former co-leader of the Kurdish issue-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Figen Yüksekdağ, who was stripped of her status in parliament in February 2017, has been given another prison sentence in two other cases this week.

Selahattin Demirtaş, the co-chair of the Kurdish issue-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), will appear in court for the first hearing in his case on Sept. 6, 10 months after his arrest. 

Demirtaş was arrested on Nov. 4, 2016 as part of an investigation launched by the chief public prosecutor's office in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır.

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party elected a new co-leader on Saturday to replace Figen Yuksekdag, who has been in jail on terrorism charges since November and was stripped of her parliamentary status three months ago.