Left-wing politics

Turkey on April 20 summoned Sweden's envoy to strongly condemn recent meetings between Swedish high-level officials and terrorists, according to diplomatic sources.

An opposition lawmaker, whose seat in parliament was revoked due to his final prison sentence, was detained in the Turkish capital Ankara on April 2. 

Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) was detained from his residence by the Turkish police.

Turkish police detained two suspects on March 29 for their alleged links to the far-left DHKP-C terrorist group, according to a security source.

Turkish police early on March 21 detained Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), who was staging a protest in the parliament.

Gergerlioğlu was released on March 21 after giving his statement to the police.

Gergerlioğlu refused to leave parliament after he was stripped of his status and immunity as a lawmaker on March 17.

Turkish police detained three top district officials of the opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) among 35 people in an operation, state media said on March 19, after a court case was opened to close down the HDP.

The U.S. said on March 17 that it is "closely following events" in Turkey, where the parliament revoked the seat of a lawmaker from the opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).

Turkey's parliament on March 17 revoked the seat of an opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker.

The action came in light of a court ruling on Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, which was read out in parliament.

Turkey has summoned Iran's ambassador to Ankara, Mohammed Farazmand, over the remarks by the Iranian envoy in Baghdad, who harshly slammed Turkey's anti-terror operations in the territories of Iraq.

Turkey deserves a more liberal, more democratic, and entirely self-willed civil constitution, Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül said on Feb. 19.

"We deserve to enter the second century of our [Turkish] Republic with a more liberal, more democratic and entirely self-willed civil constitution made by our nation," the minister said while speaking at a regional evaluation meeting.

Why is education still an issue that causes polarization? Why can't political parties agree that you can't protect academic freedom when troublemakers exploit the lack of security on university campuses and occupy spaces therein, or worse.

The main opposition refuses to accept the above because it remains hostage to its past.