Selahattin Demirtaş

The European Court of Human Rights' (ECHR) ruling calling on Turkey to release Selahattin Demirtaş, the former co-chair of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) who has been in prison for over two years on terrorism charges, is not legal but a politically-motivated one, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said, vowing the Turkish government will object to the decision.

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) President Liliane Maury Pasquier on Nov. 22 called on Turkey to release Selahattin Demirtaş, the former co-leader of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has rejected a decision by the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights calling for the release of Selahattin Demirtaş.

Former Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-leader Selahattin Demirtaş and former HDP lawmaker Sırrı Süreyya Önder have been convicted on charges of "making propaganda for a terrorist organization."

Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed presidential candidate of the Kurdish issue-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), has praised his party's success in winning seats in parliament despite "injustices."

Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed presidential candidate of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), held an "e-rally" late on June 21, posting Twitter messages via his lawyers from Edirne Prison where he has been held since November 2016. 

Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed presidential candidate of the Kurdish issue-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), has called for "national reconciliation" based on shared historical values.

Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed presidential candidate of the Kurdish issue-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), made his campaign speech on the state broadcaster TRT on June 17 from prison, marking a first in Turkey and the world's political history. 

The Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) on June 14 applied to the Supreme Board of Elections (YSK) and the Justice Ministry for permission to allow the presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş hold election rallies in Istanbul, the western province of İzmir, and the southeastern provinces of Gaziatep and Mardin. 

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has blasted Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed presidential nominee of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), saying his nomination should be "corrected."