Selahattin Demirtaş

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli defended his visit to hospitalized mafia leader Alaattin Çakıcı, stating that the convicted mafia figure "has fought for the nation and people" and is "not as criminal as [Peoples' Democratic Party HDP presidential candidate] Selahattin Demirtaş."

The German embassy in Ankara has said foreign diplomats have not been allowed to follow a public hearing of former Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ, expressing concerns over the state of the rule of law in Turkey.

The lawyers of Selahattin Demirtaş, the presidential candidate of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), have appealed for his release from jail, saying his official candidacy constitutionally necessitates active participation in the election period.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) presidential candidate Muharrem İnce visited Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed former co-leader and presidential candidate of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), at Edirne Prison on May 9.

Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed former co-chair of the Kurdish issue-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), has unveiled his plans for pensioners, women and youth if elected president.

İYİ (Good) Party leader Meral Akşener and Felicity Party (SP) leader Temel Karamollaoğlu have collected the required 100,000 signatures to be a presidential candidate and qualify to run in the presidential elections against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Muharrem İnce and Selahattin Demirtaş. 

The presidential candidate for Turkey's main opposition on May 5 called for the release of Selahattin Demirtaş, former co-chair of Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), challenging President Tayyip Erdoğan to "let us race like men" in next month's snap elections.

Imprisoned former leader of Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş was announced as the party's presidential candidate at simultaneous events in Istanbul and the southeastern province of Diyarbakır on May 4.

"We will announce the name of our presidential candidate on May 4," co-chair of the Kurdish problem-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), Sezai Temelli said on April 30.

Prosecutors have demanded five-year jail sentences for former Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş and HDP Ankara deputy Sırrı Süreyya Önder on charges of "making terrorist propaganda."