İdris Baluken

The co-chairs of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), Pervin Buldan and Mithat Sancar, have announced that they will not rerun for the party leadership at the first HDP congress after the elections as they have not reached the targeted success in the May 14 polls.

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) President Liliane Maury Pasquier on Nov. 22 called on Turkey to release Selahattin Demirtaş, the former co-leader of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).

A Turkish regional appeals court on May 23 approved a prison sentence of 16 years and eight months handed down by a local court to Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy İdris Baluken.

Imprisoned former Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş said on April 11 that all summary of proceedings prepared against him were a "plot" by Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ) members, during a trial overseen by the Ankara 19th Criminal Court.

Selahattin Demirtaş, the imprisoned former co-leader of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has said the indictments in the case in which he is being tried were prepared by now-imprisoned Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ) suspects in the judiciary.

The opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) elected Pervin Buldan and Sezai Temelli on Feb. 11 as its new co-leaders in the party’s third ordinary convention held in the absence of former HDP co-leader Selahattin Demirtaş and six other lawmakers, who are under arrest.

Pervin Buldan, the deputy parliament speaker and Iğdır lawmaker from the Kurdish-issue focused Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has emerged as a likely candidate to replace jailed HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş in the party’s upcoming congress scheduled for Feb. 11.

An Ankara court sentenced İdris Baluken, a jailed Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker, to 16 years and eight months in jail, Doğan News Agency reported on Jan. 4.

Selahattin Demirtaş, the imprisoned chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has said he would rather wear a shroud than wear a uniform in court appearances, in response to a new measure that has been imposed by the government.

A court in the Turkish capital Ankara on Dec. 7 started hearing the case of jailed Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş, who was absent from the first hearing.