Selahattin Demirta

More than 250 civil society organizations (CSOs), professional chambers and associations have released a joint declaration against a government-led bill which would strip some parliamentarians of their immunity from prosecution, with the Kurdish-problem-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), the main target of the bill, marking the declaration as a starter for a campaign against "the palace's

Opinions have continued to differ wildly between the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and opposition parties over the amendment to lift parliament members' immunities, with both sides exchanging accusations and allegations.

The Turkish Prime Ministry has sent the national assembly the summaries of proceedings against eight members of parliament, four each from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), in order for their legislative immunities to be lifted.

Turkey's nationalist opposition leader's public call on Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu to "level" a southeastern district "to the ground" as part of ongoing security operations against militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party has infuriated a co-leader of the Kurdish problem-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) who responded to the opposition leader by saying, "There is already a m

Turkey's Justice Ministry has accelerated the process to lift the legislative immunities of eight members of parliament, four each from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).

The co-leader of the Kurdish-problem-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) accused the European Union of turning a blind eye to human rights violations in Turkey in a doomed bid for a solution to its migrant crisis, in an interview with the Greek newspaper on Feb. 17.

The ongoing dispute between the Turkish government and the Kurdish-problem-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has shown no sign of slowing down, with the former categorically dismissing the latter's charges over lack of medical services provided to 28 civilians stranded in the basement of a building in the Cizre district of southeastern ??rnak province as "speculation."

A co-leader of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has declared his party's willingness to take part in a parliamentary panel to draft a new constitution, but underlined that some measures should first be taken to enable thee party to freely argue its opinions, particularly on autonomy.

Academics and intellectuals who publicly called on the Turkish government to end security operations in southeastern Anatolia and return to the table for talks to resolve the Kurdish issue are the "conscience of the country," a co-chair of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has said.

A co-leader of Turkey's Kurdish problem-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has raised question marks over President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an's conviction that Turkey has had no Kurdish problem, while also challenging Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu to a public debate over a presidential system and autonomy.