Selahattin Demirtas

Selahattin Demirtaş, the co-chair of the Kurdish issue-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), will appear in court for the first hearing in his case on Sept. 6, 10 months after his arrest. 

Demirtaş was arrested on Nov. 4, 2016 as part of an investigation launched by the chief public prosecutor's office in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır.

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party elected a new co-leader on Saturday to replace Figen Yuksekdag, who has been in jail on terrorism charges since November and was stripped of her parliamentary status three months ago.

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli slammed Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) on May 16 for "acting in line with" the Kurdish issue-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP). 

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) lawmaker Tuncay Özkan has said Turkey needs to listen to what jailed co-chair of the opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş says, after he paid a visit to the latter in prison in the western province of Edirne on April 28. 

A deputy from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) was arrested on charges of "being a member of a terrorist organizations" on April 19 in the eastern Anatolian province of Muş, Doğan News Agency has reported.

Burcu Çelik Özkan, a HDP deputy for the province, was detained by police during a routine traffic stop on April 19. 

A significant proportion of the Kurds who previously voted for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will vote "no" in the April 16 referendum on constitutional changes, the jailed co-chair of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has said.

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."

Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed co-chair of the Kurdish issue-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), has called on all voters in Turkey to go to the ballot boxes and to "beat fear" in the April 16 referendum on whether to shift to an executive presidential system. 

A delegation of the People's Democratic Party (HDP) in the Turkish parliament is expected to meet Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ on April 3 to discuss the decision by jailed HDP co-chairman Selahattin Demirtaş to go on hunger strike, together with another MP, Abdullah Zeydan, in protest at prison conditions, HDP deputy Sırrı Süreyya Önder said in an interview with Fox TV Turkey on March 31.

Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Sırrı Süreyya Önder has said his fellow deputy Pervin Buldan and himself will meet Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ on April 3 to convey their concerns over their co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş, who has launched a hunger strike.