Sırrı Süreyya Önder

Hasan Bitmez, a deputy from the Felicity Party (SP), has passed away after collapsing during his speech in the Turkish parliament.

The 22-minute speech on Dec. 12's session, which concluded with the phrase "I greet you all with respect," took a tragic turn when Bitmez collapsed, hitting his head on a marble step behind the lectern.

The Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and İYİ (Good) Party have gotten into a debate over "alliances" made in the 2019 local elections, as both parties either directly or indirectly endorsed the main opposition Republican People's Party's (CHP) candidates. 

A Turkish court on Dec. 4 upheld the prison sentences of opposition Peoples' Democratic Party's (HDP) former co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş and its former lawmaker Sırrı Süreyya Önder.

Former Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-leader Selahattin Demirtaş and former HDP lawmaker Sırrı Süreyya Önder have been convicted on charges of "making propaganda for a terrorist organization."

Prosecutors have demanded five-year jail sentences for former Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş and HDP Ankara deputy Sırrı Süreyya Önder on charges of "making terrorist propaganda."

The opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has started its "conscience and justice watch" in Istanbul's Kadıköy district with the participation of several lawmakers. 

The Kurdish issue-focused HDP started its watch on Aug. 1 in Kadıköy's Yoğurtçu Park after spending a week in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır. 

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) wants a "terror-free and democratic Turkey," its leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said during a visit to the Kurdish issue-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), as part of his bid to consolidate opponents of the constitutional amendment passed in the April referendum.

The Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has scheduled a meeting with the head of the Constitutional Court, Zühtü Arslan, daily Cumhuriyet has said.

The meeting is slated take place next week, with party deputies expected to focus on the issue of its arrested deputies, the daily said. 

One of the co-chairs of the opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), Selahattin Demirtaş, ended a hunger strike the same day he started it on March 31. 

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.