Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office

The jailed co-chair of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has said he is not "a manager, member, spokesperson or a sympathizer" of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in testimony in a case against him for allegedly "insulting" President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

"I'm not the manager, member, spokesperson or a sympathizer of the PKK. I'm the co-chair of the HDP," he said.

A court in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır ordered the arrest of Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy head Aysel Tuğluk late on Dec. 28, two days after her detention in Ankara, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Police on Dec. 26 detained Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy head, Aysel Tuğluk, in Ankara, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Tuğluk was detained early in the morning by counter-terrorism police as part of an investigation launched by the Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, the agency said.

The Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has demanded 230 years in prison for ousted Diyarbakır Co-Mayor Gültan Kışanak on claims of "being the founder and executive of an armed terrorist group" and "making propaganda for a terrorist organization," Doğan News agency reported on Nov. 29. 

A trustee was appointed to Diyarbakır Municipality on Nov. 1 after the arrests of the city's mayors, Gültan Kışanak and Fırat Anlı, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Cumali Atilla, who was working as a district governor of the Etimesgut district in Ankara, was appointed as the trustee.

A court in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır arrested Gültan Kışanak and Fırat Anlı, the co-mayors of the province, late on Oct. 30 following their detention last week in the latest blow to opposition movements in Turkey.