Human rights organisations, solidarity groups and the European Union have condemned the Turkish government鈥檚 removal of three democratically elected HDP (Peoples Democratic Party) mayors on August 19 and the arrests of more than 450 municipal officers and staff.
Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP)
Republican People's Party (CHP) candidate Ekrem Imamoglu won the election for mayor of Istanbul on June 23. Imamoglu defeated the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) candidate Binali Yildirim.
President Recep Tayyip Erdo臒an鈥檚 Justice and Development Party (AKP) suffered a historic defeat in Turkey鈥檚 local elections that even they could not spin as a victory.
Following the AKP鈥檚 loss of the three biggest economic centres of Istanbul, Izmir and Ankara, Erdo臒an鈥檚 balcony speech sounded defeated and defensive.
How did this happen? What role was, and will be played by the country鈥檚 main leftist coalition party, the People鈥檚 Democratic Party (HDP)?
The March 31 Turkish local election results showed democracy is alive, but if the opposition wants to win there needs to be unity of the Kurdish and Turkish left, writes Arash Azizi.
Local government elections in Turkey will be on March 31. The Kurdish-led People's Democratic Party (HDP) is campaigning to win back municipalities whose HDP mayors were removed by the Turkish government of Recep Tayyip Erdo臒an as part of a crackdown on the party.
Leyla Guven, a member of Turkey鈥檚 parliament for the left-wing, Kurdish-led People鈥檚 Democratic party (HDP), launched an indefinite hunger strike on November 7 from Amed Prison, where she was held jailed by Turkey鈥檚 regime. Her demand is for an end to the isolation of jailed Kurdistan Workers鈥 Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan.
Jailed by Turkey since 1999, Ocalan is the recognised leader of the Kurdish liberation movement. Since 2011, his lawyers have been unable to met with him.
In common with many other countries, Turkey鈥檚 socialist movement has been marked by the dominance of men in positions of leadership and authority.
The patriarchy is a social order that has become dominant globally over the course of millennia and which connects with oppressive conceptions of the family, exploitation and inheritance 鈥 in short, with social class. Socialists cannot stand by as it recreates itself in the very structures we claim exist to overturn social stratification and oppression.
By now, it is widely known that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo臒an 鈥渨on the election鈥 in his country. But Muhsin Yorulmaz writes that the authoritarian leader鈥檚 support is waning.
Turkey鈥檚 authoritarian President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won 53% of the vote in the June 24 presidential election.
This extends his rule until at least 2023 鈥 but now with the sweeping executive powers narrowly endorsed in a referendum last year.
The world is looking the other way as Turkey plans to build on its successful occupation of Afr卯n to expand its power with a new round of ethnic cleansing, John Tully writes.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's decision to call an early general election on June 24 鈥 a year and a half before it was due 鈥斅爄s a sign of weakness and desperation, according to opposition Peoples鈥 Democratic Party (HDP) MP Lezgin Botan.
The People鈥檚 Democratic Party (HDP), a broad-based left-wing group largely initiated by Kurdish forces in Turkey, has faced the full brunt of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan鈥檚 authoritarian crackdown.
More than 10,000 HDP members have been arrested, along with its leaders and dozens of elected officials 鈥 often on trumped-up charges of 鈥渟upporting terrorism鈥 in retaliation for the HDP鈥檚 support for the struggle of the Kurdish community for democratic rights.
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