Selahattin Demirtaş

A former co-chair of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HPD) was sentenced to three-and-half years in prison on March 22 for insulting the Turkish president.

Selahattin Demirtaş, who attended the hearing at Istanbul's Bakırköy 46th Criminal Court of First Instance via video link, incurred the sentence for publicly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

HDP supporters at an anti-government march after the arrest of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democtaric Party HDP parliamentarians, 18 June 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE/SEDAT SUNA

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has met a delegation of the opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) led by co-chair Mithat Sancar to discuss a wide range of issues regarding Turkey, including the opposition's efforts to shift back to the parliamentary system.

The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Chair Devlet Bahçeli has asked the Supreme Court of Appeals' Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to file a closure case against the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), based on the indictment of the Oct. 6-8 Kobane protests accepted by the Ankara 22nd Heavy Penal Court.

A Turkish penal court approved indictments for 108 defendants on Jan. 7, including former co-chairs of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) as part of a probe into deadly 2014 terror incidents across the nation.

A Turkish penal court on Jan. 7 approved indictments for 108 defendants on Jan. 7, including former co-chair of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), Selahattin Demirtaş, as part of a probe into the deadly 2014 Kobane incidents across the nation.

Turkish prosecutors on Dec. 30 prepared an indictment against 108 suspects including former co-chairs of the opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) as part of a probe into deadly terror attacks in 2014.

Turkish prosecutors have prepared an indictment against 108 people, including former Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş, in connection with the 2014 incidents.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has reiterated his criticism of a verdict by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) that urges Turkey for the immediate release of Selahattin Demirtaş, former co-leader of the People's Democratic Party (HDP), stating that the court's decision is not in line with its other rulings for other countries.

An appeal for the release of former Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş, which is filed by his lawyers after the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) that objected to the politician's detention, was rejected by Ankara 7th Criminal Court of Peace on Dec. 26.