Osman Baydemir

Turkey's opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has called for a "joint struggle" to stop what it called the "elimination of politicians and democratic politics." 
The party released the "Democratic Solution Declaration" with nine articles, featuring "urgent democratic demands."

The main opposition Republican People's Party's (CHP) march from the Turkish capital Ankara to Istanbul is the result of courage inspired by Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş, who has been jailed since Nov. 4, 2016 on terror charges, HDP spokesperson Osman Baydemir said on June 20.

Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Şanlıurfa deputy and spokesperson Osman Baydemir has accused Turkish courts of bestowing privilege on relatives of key political figures of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), while reiterating the ongoing arrest of HDP lawmakers and journalists, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

A public prosecutor in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır submitted a summary of proceedings for Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) spokesman Osman Baydemir on June 10. 

If the parliament speaker lifts Sanlıurfa Deputy Baydemir's immunity, he will be eligible to face trial, and a jail sentence of up to two years. 

Police on June 2 briefly detained Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) spokesperson Osman Baydemir in the southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakır as part of an ongoing case in which he is accused of "insulting public servants," Doğan News Ageny has reported.

A court in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır issued an arrest warrant on May 30 for Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Şanlıurfa deputy and spokesperson Osman Baydemir on charges of "insulting public servants on account of their position," according to Doğan News Agency.

A delegation from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), along with several European parliamentarians, gathered in Strasbourg in front of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on May 16 to call on the court to act on the conditions of arrested HDP lawmakers. 

Turkey's Kurdish issue-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) is readying to announce a new plan for a resolution to the decades-old Kurdish question at an extraordinary congress on May 20, HDP spokesperson Osman Baydemir has said, stating that his party will work toward "a process where there is no conflict and war."

The opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has called on Turkey's Supreme Election Board (YSK) to cancel the April 16 constitutional referendum due to the latter's last-minute decision to accept unstamped ballots as valid. 

A lawmaker from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has asked why a student was shot dead by the police at the Nevruz celebrations held in the Bağlar district of the southeastern province of Diyarbakır on March 21.