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  1. In Turkey, 鈥榡ournalism is not just a profession, it is a responsibility鈥

    investigation. Image: Engin Akyurt/Pixabay Turkey: HDP, Kurds persecuted by the Erdogan regime Kurdish women ...

  2. Kurdish farmers suffer horrific injuries after being thrown from military helicopter

    Turkey's war on Kurdistan Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Human rights abuses Two Kurdish farmers ... a wave of kidnappings of Peoples鈥 Democratic Party (HDP) representatives including its youth council ... a way has been seen as a sign of weakness. HDP MP Musa Piroglu said: 鈥淚n the behaviour of [Interior ...

  3. 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 鈥 not airing its views but propaganda against it!). It is a time ...

  4. Turkey: Erdogan's hollow referendum win

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

  5. Turkey: British election monitors hail 'people鈥檚 historic victory'

    Workers & unions Thomas Jeffrey Miley Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Peoples Democratic Party ... (HDP) into parliament for the first time. The group said it sawno violations on the election day but was ... delegation was based. On June 5, an explosion at the HDP鈥檚 last election rally killed three people. Two days ...

  6. Turkey: Could student protests signal a new youth movement?

    student movement Justice and Development Party Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Bo臒azi莽i (Bosphorus) ... People's Democratic Party (HDP) 鈥 with their own, as well as a general project of trying to control the ... Dayan谋艧mas谋/Twitter Turkey: Crackdown on HDP escalates with 82 new arrests Turkey: More elected Kurdish MPs and mayors ...

  7. Attacks on Kurds reveal Turkey's Western-backed terror hypocrisy

    Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Islamic State (IS, ISIS, ISIL) Rojava People's Defense Units (YPG) ... the Turkish government is proposing setting up a buffer zone. HDP under attack Turkish President Recep ... Democratic Party (HDP). The HDP is a Kurdish-led party that brought together a coalition of ethnic and ...

  8. Australia must support Kurdistan

    again, members of the left-wing HDP (Peoples Democratic Party). More than 80 of the party鈥檚 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 ...

  9. Global campaign to be launched against listing of Kurdish freedom movement as 'terrorist'

    ruled in 2018 and 2020 that the PKK should not be listed as a terrorist organisation. Turkey: HDP, Kurds ...

  10. Peace delegation reports on dire situation of political prisoners in Turkey

    Kurdish resistance Rallies call for Kurdish leader Abdullah 脰calan to be released Turkey: HDP, Kurds ...

  11. Turkey鈥檚 political prisoners at risk from COVID-19

    (COVID-19) Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) About 50,000 political prisoners fear they are facing ... from聽special聽release is聽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 ...

  12. West could have prevented deadly ISIS prison breakout in northeast Syria

    Kobane Day marked in Sydney Turkey: HDP, Kurds persecuted by the Erdogan regime World ...

  13. 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鈥 Democratic Party (HDP) 鈥 which is the Turkish parliament鈥檚 second biggest ... chanting 鈥渟houlder-to-shoulder against fascism鈥. Earlier this month, 10 lawmakers from the HDP, including ...

  14. Protest calls on US to stop supporting Turkey鈥檚 massacre of Kurds

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

  15. 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 ...

  16. 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 鈥渁n act of revenge鈥 for the HDP's electoral success and the liberation of Gir锚 ...

  17. Audio: Political and cultural repression in Turkey 鈥 Interview with left MP

    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 ... numbers of party members and MPs. 脰zsoy is also a foreign relations spokesperson for the HDP. The ...

  18. 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 ...

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

    Democracy Imperialism & war Socialism Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Peoples Democratic ... Party The bombing of the wedding of two members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (HDP) in the ... and SDF. The following statement was released by the HDP on August 21. * * * We condemn the inhumane ...

  20. 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 ...

  21. Turkey: Erdo臒an imprisons parliamentary opposition and silences media

    Democratic Party (HDP) Peoples Democratic Party Recep Tayyip Erdo臒an 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 Demirta艧 and Figen Y眉ksekda臒 were ...

  22. Turkey: West's ally Erdo臒an pushes deadly electoral strategy

    Democracy Elections Imperialism & war Tony Iltis Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Islamic ... against Kurds and other minorities, as well as the left-wing Peoples Democratic Party (HDP). The violence ... in the 550 seat parliament. It was the HDP that thwarted the AKP's ambitions, by winning 80 ...

  23. Turkey: War between governing factions opens space for the left

    lead-up to the March 30 council elections. Sirri Sureyya Onder is a People鈥檚 Democratic Party (HDP ... HDP鈥檚 main slogan for its local government campaign is 鈥淵ou Own The City鈥, drawing a thick line ... distinguishing itself from the other parties. HDP offices have been physically attacked more than 30 times across ...

  24. Turkey: 'We know what you did last summer' 鈥 a year on from Gezi rising

    Soma Taksim Square Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Labour Party (Turkey, EMEP) 鈥淭he Gezi ... of the People's Democratic Party (HDP), a Turkish鈥揔urdish electoral alliance. Sancar has edited ... effective during the rebellion. More than 130 groups, including the HDP and other left and Kurdish groups, ...

  25. Turkey: Erdogan鈥檚 ruthless bid to retain power risks return to dark days

    (HDP) Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Justice and Development Party Peoples Democratic Party ... much. The left-wing Kurdish-based People鈥檚 Democratic Party (HDP) resoundingly broke the undemocratic ... HDP鈥檚 unprecedented success, based on uniting left and progressive forces behind its campaign, ...

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