Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu

Turkey’s Ruling Alliance Rejects Recognition of Srebrenica Genocide

The funeral of genocide victims at the Srebrenica Memorial Centre on Tuesday. Photo: EPA-EFE/FEHIM DEMIR.

The CHP's proposed also called for July 11 to be declared Genocide Remembrance Day to commemorate the killings of more than 7,000 Bosniak men and boys by Bosnian Serb forces in 1995.

522 migrant children look after by foster parents in Türkiye: Minister

Some 522 migrant children have been residing with Turkish foster families as of August, Family and Social Services Minister Derya Yanık has stated.

Peoples' Democracy Party (HDP) Deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu submitted a parliamentary question regarding the number of migrant children given to foster families in the last five years.

Court releases ex-HDP MP Gergerlioğlu

A Turkish court on July 7 ruled in favor of releasing the former Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu from jail, after a top court ruling that his rights were violated.

Gergerlioğlu was imprisoned on April 2 after a High Court approved a 2.5-year jail term over allegations of "supporting terrorism" on Feb. 19 and he was unseated from parliament.

CHP leader criticizes delay in releasing former HDP MP

Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on July 6 criticized the delay in releasing Peoples' Democratic Party's (HDP) former lawmaker Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu despite the decision of a top court to release the lawmaker.

The CHP asks justice for all, Kılıçdaroğlu said while addressing his party's lawmakers at the parliament.

Top court sends back indictment on HDP on procedural grounds

The Constitutional Court on March 31 returned the indictment, which aimed to ban the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) due to the lack of procedure in the file.

The first review will be made after the Supreme Court Chief Public Prosecutor's Office completes the deficiencies and submits the indictment to the Constitutional Court.

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