Ayhan Bilgen

Former co-chairs of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ, have been handed substantial prison sentences in the case stemming from events dating back to the 2014 protests that erupted into deadly clashes in eastern Türkiye.

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has opted not to field candidates in five non-metropolitan provinces for the upcoming mayoral elections, throwing support behind its alliance partner Nationalist Movement Party's (MHP) candidates, according to local reports.

Turkey arrested dozens of people overnight for "spreading terrorist propaganda" about its Syrian incursion, state media said on Tuesday, raising to nearly 100 the number of such detainees, including politicians, journalists and activists.

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) spokesperson Ayhan Bilgen has blasted Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli’s support for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, saying the two parties “should merge through a Catholic wedding.”

Parliament Speaker İsmail Kahraman should visit prison in order to “keep his promise” to visit all party leaders in Turkey, Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) spokesperson Ayhan Bilgen said on Nov. 14 in his party’s parliamentary group meeting in Ankara.

A court in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır ordered the release of Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Kars deputy Ayhan Bilgen on Sept. 8, eight months after he was arrested as a part of a terror investigation.

Ayhan Bilgen, a Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker for the eastern province of Kars, was released on Sept. 8, nine months after he was arrested as a part of a terror investigation. 

Bilgen was detained early on Jan. 29 in the Esenboğa Airport in Ankara and taken to the southeastern province of Diyarbakır. 

Former co-leader of the Kurdish issue-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Figen Yüksekdağ, who was stripped of her status in parliament in February 2017, has been given another prison sentence in two other cases this week.

The Kurdish-issue focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has launched its official campaign for a "no" vote in the upcoming constitutional referendum with meetings in three provinces: Istanbul, İzmir and Diyarbakır.

The Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has stressed that it the right to vote "no" in the upcoming referendum, which will decide whether Turkey's current parliamentary system should be shifted to an executive presidency.