Alphan: People Expect Concrete Steps From the State

Alphan: People expect concrete steps from the state

The series of public gatherings launched to further spread the “Call for Peace and a Democratic Society” made by Abdullah Öcalan on 27 February continues. The Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) and the Democratic Regions Party (DBP) are organizing “Peace and Democratic Society Gatherings” in many cities as part of this effort. People participate in these events in large numbers.   Celal Alphan, Deputy Co-Chair of the DEM Party Am…

ECHR rules against Turkey in Demirtaş case, citing political motives behind detention - Syriac Press

STRASBOURG, France — The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has once again ruled against Turkey, declaring that the prolonged detention of Selahattin Demirtaş, the former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (now DEM Party), was politically motivated and aimed at silencing dissent.  In a judgment delivered this week, the Strasbourg-based court determined that Turkey violated Demirtaş’s rights by keeping him imprisoned from Se…

Pro-Kurdish party seeks parliamentary debate on Kobani trial prisoners after ECtHR ruling - Turkish Minute

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) has requested a parliamentary debate on the release of politicians jailed due to their alleged role in violent protests in southeastern Turkey in 2014 based on a European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruling on Tuesday, the Anka news agency reported. The ECtHR found Turkey in violation of former HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş’s rights, one of the defendants in the Kobani tr…