Peace and Democracy Party

The former Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) deputy Ayla Akat Ata, who once represented the southeastern province of Batman, was arrested over “terrorist propaganda charges on Feb. 20. 

A draft bylaw debated at the Constitutional Commission of the parliament has stirred a debate between the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the opposition, the Republican People's Party (CHP), saying that the proposal will turn deputyship into an idle post.

Police on June 2 briefly detained Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) spokesperson Osman Baydemir in the southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakır as part of an ongoing case in which he is accused of "insulting public servants," Doğan News Ageny has reported.

A court in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır issued an arrest warrant on May 30 for Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Şanlıurfa deputy and spokesperson Osman Baydemir on charges of "insulting public servants on account of their position," according to Doğan News Agency.

1.    Which envelope and ballot papers should have been deemed invalid according to the Election Law?

In 2010, the election law was amended to mandate the sealing of envelopes. 

The arrested co-chair of the opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has said the prosecutors who filed complaints against him have been arrested for being members of the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), widely believed to have been orchestrated the July 2016 failed coup attempt. 

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.

Turkish armed forces will be able to carry out cross-border operations in Syria and Iraq by the autumn of 2017, MPs in the country have decided.

Lawmakers in Turkey have approved an extension of the military's mandate with the approval of all parties except the Kurd-dominated Peace and Democracy Party (HDP).

A delegation from the European Parliament's (EP) Socialist Group, including EU Turkey rapporteur Kati Piri, is set to pay a visit Feb. 19 to the Sur district of southeastern Diyarbak?r province, where the clashes between the security forces and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants have been ongoing for months.