Figen Yüksekdağ

A Turkish court has sentenced Figen Yüksekdağ, a co-chair of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), to one year in jail on accusations of "making propaganda for a terrorist organization," state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

A court in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır ruled for the continuation of the arrest of Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş on April 5. 

The Diyarbakır Eighth Heavy Penal Court ruled for Demirtaş to remain in jail, where he is held on several charges including "managing a terrorist organization."

One of the co-chairs of the opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), Selahattin Demirtaş, has said participating in trials through the voice and video informatics system (SEGBİS) is "torture," adding that it is also "an unlawful practice."

People's Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker İdris Baluken was detained again following an appeal against his release in a case filed as part of a terror investigation on Feb. 21, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported. 

The court in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır on Feb. 17 had issued an arrest warrant for HDP Diyarbakır deputy Baluken.

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. 

A court in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır on Feb. 17 issued an arrest warrant for Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Diyarbakır deputy İdris Baluken following an appeal against his release in the case filed as part of a terror investigation, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-leader Figen Yüksekdağ is facing a prison sentence of up to five years on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, a judicial source said Feb. 10.        

A court accepted an indictment prepared by the Van Chief Public Prosecutor's Office demanded a prison term for Yüksekdağ ranging from one to five years.        

German Foreign Minister and Social Democratic Party (SPD) Chairman Sigmar Gabriel has invited Selahattin Demirtaş, a co-chair of the Turkish opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) who is currently in jail pending trial in Turkey, to the Berlin convention of the Progressive Alliance - a Socialist International network - in a symbolic gesture, German broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) reported F

The Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has stressed that it the right to vote "no" in the upcoming referendum, which will decide whether Turkey's current parliamentary system should be shifted to an executive presidency.

A jailed co-chair of the opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has said the arrests of the party's lawmakers were planned by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) "hour by hour around a table."