Tag: Selahaddin Demirtas
I’m in prison. But my party still scored big in Turkey’s elections.
19th April 2019
By Selahattin Demirtas Selahattin Demirtas is an ex-member of the Turkish parliament and a former co-leader of the Peoples’ Democratic Party of Turkey. He is imprisoned in Edirne High Security Prison. Turkey’s recent local elections on March 31 ...
Sarah Jessica Parker shines light on Turkey’s jailed Kurdish leader Demirtas
15th April 2019
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has a severe case of Kurdophobia, but we may have to give the devil his due on this one. He has somehow let Selahattin Demirtas pen Dawn, a work of 12 ...
Jailed lawmaker Demirtaş says pro-Kurdish HDP played key role in AKP upset at polls
9th April 2019
Turkey’s March 31 local elections were a complete defeat for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), in which the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) played a key role, jailed HDP lawmaker ...
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