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1. Turkey: the wondrous tale of democratic resilience

   Democracy Middle East Arash Azizi Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) local elections An American ... Democratic Party (HDP) whose iconic leader Selahattin Demirtas remains in jail, along with 700 prominent ... elections (it gave seven minutes to HDP — not airing its views but propaganda against it!). It is a time ...

2. Australia must support Kurdistan

   again, members of the left-wing HDP (Peoples Democratic Party). More than 80 of the party’s MPs, mayors ... elected HDP mayors and deputy mayors from taking up their positions, or forcibly removing them from ... office, in 2019. Of these, 46 remain in jail. The success of the HDP, particularly in the predominantly ...

3. Turkey: High stakes for Kurds and Erdogan in coming poll

   Elections Democracy Dave Holmes Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Kurdistan Workers' Party ... (HDP), led by Selahattin Demirtas, is making headlines with a bold new tactic. Previously its candidates ... HDP is taking a risky gamble, but a recent poll suggests otherwise. The April 5 Today’s Zaman reported ...

4. Protest calls on US to stop supporting Turkey’s massacre of Kurds

   oppression: The Kurds and the Turkish state Turkey: HDP calls for international solidarity as show trial ...

5. Turkey: Erdogan's hollow referendum win

   Economy Democracy Phil Hearse Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Thousands ... Republican Party (CHP) and the left-wing, Kurdish-led People’s Democratic Party (HDP). They accused the ... HDP says that between 3-4% of votes were rigged. The outcome, probably fraudulent, was far from the ...

6. Turkey: British election monitors hail 'people’s historic victory'

   National liberation Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Peoples Democratic Party HDP co-chair Selahattin ... Party (HDP) into parliament for the first time. The group said it sawno violations on the election day ... the delegation was based. On June 5, an explosion at the HDP’s last election rally killed three ...

7. Turkey’s political prisoners at risk from COVID-19

   (COVID-19) Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) About 50,000 political prisoners fear they are facing ... from special release is Selahattin Demirtas, former head of the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP ... undergone surgery for respiratory problems. The HDP and 10 other opposition parties have issued a joint ...

8. Turkey: Thousands protest regime crackdown

   Democratic Party (HDP) Peoples Democratic Party Despite facing one of the most oppressive atmospheres in its ... left-wing pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) — which is the Turkish parliament’s second biggest ... chanting “shoulder-to-shoulder against fascism”. Earlier this month, 10 lawmakers from the HDP, including ...

9. Socialist Alliance (Australia) condemns terror bombing of peace rally in Ankara

   (HDP) Peoples Democratic Party Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Sydney, October 11. The Socialist Alliance ... unions, NGOs, the Peoples Democratic Party (HDP) and other progressive parties in Ankara on October 10. So ... attacks on HDP election rallies and offices during the June elections which saw Erdogan's ruling AKP ...

10. Audio: Political and cultural repression in Turkey — Interview with left MP

    with Hişyar Özsoy, a member of parliament for the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP). The ... HDP is a secular, feminist, left-wing party with strong ties to Kurdish communities and trade unions. ... The HDP has faced brutal repression from President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s regime, including regular ...

11. Left MEPs demand EU act to stop Turkey's war on Kurds

    struggle Sinn Fein Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Martina ... Democratic Party (HDP) delegation. The HDP is a pro-Kurdish left-wing group in Turkey that made a big break ... escalating its war on Kurdish communities within Turkey. Anderson said: "The HDP representatives ...

12. Rojava fights off new Islamic State attack

    left-wing Peoples Democratic Party (HDP). The PKK is now in stalled peace talks with the government. The HDP ... made significant gains in recent elections. At a June 25 press conference HDP co-chair Figen Yuksekdag ... described the attack as “an act of revenge” for the HDP's electoral success and the liberation of Girê ...

13. Turkish gov't war policy has killed 868 civilians

    Imperialism & war Democracy National liberation Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Peoples ... Nusaybin. The Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has published a report on the war crimes, human rights ...

14. Turkey: Left-wing party's statement on the bombing of wedding of its members by ISIS

    Imperialism & war Socialism Democracy Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Peoples Democratic ... Party Aftermath of ISIS attack on HDP members' wedding. Gaziantep, August 20. The bombing of the ... wedding of two members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (HDP) in the southern city of Gaziantep ...

15. Turkey: Erdoğan imprisons parliamentary opposition and silences media

    Democratic Party (HDP) Peoples Democratic Party Recep Tayyip Erdoğan The regime of Turkish President Recep ... were issued for all 59 Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) MPs by the Diyarbakir Chief ... Prosecutor's Office. Thirteen HDP deputies including party leaders Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ were ...

16. Rojava fights off new IS attack

    International solidarity Democracy Tony Iltis Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Rojava ... Party (HDP). The PKK is now in stalled peace talks with the government. The HDP made significant gains ... in recent elections. At a June 25 press conference HDP co-chair Figen Yuksekdag described the attack ...

17. Turkey: West's ally Erdoğan pushes deadly electoral strategy

    Imperialism & war Democracy Elections Tony Iltis Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Islamic ... left-wing Peoples Democratic Party (HDP). The violence stems from the inconclusive result of Turkey's ... the AKP lost its outright majority — winning 258 seats in the 550 seat parliament. It was the HDP that ...

18. Interview: Why trade unions should campaign to free Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan

    especially the HDP [Peoples Democratic Party], journalists, women and teachers are systematically oppressed, ...

19. Turkish attacks on PKK meet fierce resistance

    Kurdish-based Peoples Democratic Party (HDP), while not yet illegal, is under constant attack. Scores of elected ... HDP mayors have been sacked and replaced by government administrators, thousands of party members are ... in jail, and on June 4 two HDP MPs were illegally removed from office and jailed. In June, two HDP ...

20. Palestinians, Kurds and confusion

    Democratic Party (HDP) in Turkey, fully understand the need to “stand by the oppressed Palestinian people”, ...

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