Selahattin Demirtas

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that a call by the European Court of Human Rights for the release of Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas was hypocritical and only Turkish courts can rule on his case.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Dec. 22 ruled that the arrest of Turkey's opposition politician Selahattin Demirtaş in 2017 for terror charges violated his freedom of expression and right to participate in elections.

The Peoples' Democratic Party's (HDP) co-leader was being deprived of the rights to liberty, security, and freedom of choice, the ruling said.

The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Wednesday that Turkey should immediately release prominent Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas, and said the justification for his years in prison was cover for limiting pluralism and debate.

İYİ (Good) Party leader Meral Akşener on June 17 criticized a tweet containing sexual assault threats against Başak Demirtaş, the wife of jailed former Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş, urging a stop to "doing politics over female bodies."

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) spokesperson Faik Öztrak has criticized Health Minister Fahrettin Koca for what he said was "wrongly" painting an optimist outlook on the COVID-19 outbreak, eventually causing a rise in the daily confirmed cases in the country, as it began reopening much of the economy.

Former Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş has said that his party endorsed some candidates in the "critical" cities the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) nominated for the March 31 local elections.

Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker Mithat Sancar was elected as the new co-chair of the party at a congress on Feb. 23.

Sancar, who has been serving as an MP for the southeastern province of Mardin since 2015, replaced Sezai Temelli at the HDP's fourth annual general congress.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu denounced Greece Friday, claiming it doesn't uphold the rights of the Muslim minority in Western Thrace and doesn't allow its members to call themselves "Turks."

Turkey on Friday criticized the European Union's foreign policy chief for her comments on the rule of law in Turkey, a day after she and another official rebuked Ankara over arrests of journalists and the detention of a Kurdish politician.

Former Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-leader Selahattin Demirtaş and former HDP lawmaker Sırrı Süreyya Önder have been convicted on charges of "making propaganda for a terrorist organization."