INTERVIEW BY OSMAN OĞUZ/HABER MERKEZİ, YENİ ÖZGÜR POLİTİKA: Re-published from https://hdpenglish.wordpress.com/ We talked with HDP Co-Leader Selahattin Demirtaş about the attempted coup that took place on July 15. What happened still needs a general definition. What was exactly was it we went through? First of all, it is obvious that there has been an attempted military coup…
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Category Archives: Demirtas
National UK Demonstration: Stop Turkey’s War on the Kurds – Break the Silence!
Sunday 6th March 2016, Assembling 12 noon BBC Broadcasting House marching to Trafalgar Square for rally at 2-5pm. Speakers include: Natalie Bennett Green Party Leader, Kate Osamor MP, Natalie McGarry MP, Lindsey German Stop the War Coalition, Mark Thomas Comedian, Jeremy Hardy Comedian, Tariq Ali, Peter Tatchell, Weyman Bennet Unite Against Fascism and many other…
Stop the Shameful and Unjust Suit of HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtas
Press Release by the EU-Turkey Civic Commission (EUTCC): The EUTCC joins all other advocates of legal due process as defined by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its corresponding EU declarations and respectfully appeals to the Independent democratic Turkish judiciary to dismiss the frivolous libel suit against HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirtas for insulting the…
HDP Co-President Selahattin Demirtaş, 2 Ministers, Several Deputies on March to Besieged City Cizre
Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) Press Release: A delegation of the political party of the HDP was en route to the city of Cizre from Midyat district in solidarity with the besieged civilians facing a state of emergency and martial law. However, Turkish police and authorities, on orders of the Interior Minister outside of Mardin-Midyat, stopped…
HDP – Breaking the World’s Highest Political Barrier: The Victory of Moving From Bullets to Ballots by the Kurds in Turkey
By Dr. M. Koohzad: June 7th 2015 must be remembered as one of the most significant days in the annals of history and geography, and in cultural, political and economic relations of the Kurds within Turkey, within the Mideast, and the entire world. On this auspicious day, for the first time, a relatively new Kurdish…
Congratulatory Message to Mr. Selahattin Demirtash, Co-chair of HDP and its Elected MPs
By Dr.Amir Sharifi: Dear Mr. Selahattin Demirtash: We members of the Kurdish American Education Society Los Angeles, and the greater Kurdish Community in Southern California, extend our warmest congratulations to you and People’s Democratic Party’s (HDP) elected members of parliament for your impressive and unprecedented electoral victory in Turkey. For Kurds, this is indeed one…
Turkey’s Future: Erdoğan, Elections and the Kurds
By Nora Fisher Onar: This article was first published by Open Democracy Turkey is gearing up for pivotal elections on 7 June. At their heart is a complex interplay between presidential ambitions, party fissures, and Kurdish aspirations. Turkey’s election campaign began to the sound of fireworks. The first flash came in late January when the pro-Kurdish…
Demirtas visits Kobanê and calls on Turkey to act against ISIS
KT News: Selahattin Demirtas, co-chair of the pro-Kurd HDP and candidate in last month’s presidential election in Turkey, today crossed the border to visit the besieged town of Kobanê, where Syrian Kurds have been resisting an ISIS (IS) onslaught for the past 15 days. Demirtas later appeared on Turkish national television and called for Turkey to…
HDP project has been appreciated and gained support: KCK
By the Co-Presidency of the KCK: Prime Minister Erdogan won the Turkish presidential election by a low margin over the voting requirement of 50%. However, Salahattin Demirtas, co-president of HDP, has been the main winner of these elections. Despite unequal conditions, impossibilities, inhibitions and suppressions, he has managed to nearly double his votes. He has…
Sirnak Supports Demirtaş for President; Erdoğan Too Little, Too Late
By Amy L. Beam, Ed.D: On August 10, 2014, Turkey will vote for a new President. The People’s Democratic Party (HDP) candidate, Selahattin Demirtaş is sure to win the vote in Sirnak, in southeast Turkey. This is the first time in Turkey’s history that citizens will have the opportunity to vote for a Kurdish President. There…
