Ahmet Yıldırım

Turkish education authorities have organized a repeat session of Türkiye's university entrance exam for eight students in the central province of Sivas, marking a historic first for the country.

A resolution has been submitted to the Turkish Parliament that may lead to Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker Ahmet Yıldırım to be stripped of his parliamentary status for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, daily Cumhuriyet reported on Feb. 16

The Kurdish issue-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has initiated a "conscience and justice watch" in front of the Constitutional Court in Ankara, demanding the start of a belated trial process for the party's jailed co-chair and other deputies.

The opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) started on Aug. 15 its "justice and conscience watch" in the Aegean province of İzmir, after holding the watch in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, Istanbul, and the eastern province of Van, Doğan News Agency has reported.

The jailed co-chair of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has said a march launched by the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) should "unify all opposition groups." 

The ongoing march from Ankara to Istanbul is about justice and the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said he does not want any political party's flag to be held aloft in the cortege.

Kurdish issue-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputies held a sit-in protest in front of the Constitutional Court on June 16 after their request for an appointment in which they aimed to convey their demand to obtain a ruling on the party's arrested lawmakers was rejected. 

The Turkish Justice Ministry accepted on May 24 a jailed Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) parliamentarian's request to be reunited with her 3-year-old daughter in prison.

HDP Muş lawmaker Burcu Çelik Özkan was arrested on charges of "being a member of a terrorist organization" on April 19 in the eastern province of Muş.

A jailed Kurdish-issue focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) member has applied to the Justice Ministry to unite with her three-year-old daughter in prison, Doğan News Agency reported on May 24.

HDP Muş lawmaker Burcu Çelik Özkan was arrested on charges of "being a member of a terrorist organization" on April 19 in the eastern province of Muş.

Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chair Figen Yüksekdağ, who has been in jail for three months on terror charges, has lost her parliamentary status for a prison sentence she received in a previous case.