A group of rights organizations have released a joint statement about HDP’s Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, who has been stripped of his MP status: “It is a shame for our democracy that his right of deputyship has been seized.”

Several predecessors of both the ruling AKP and the HDP, which is facing closure now, had been shut down throughout the history of the Republic.

CHP MP Murat Emir has announced that Ali Edizer, the former deputy chief physician of a public hospital, has started working at another public hospital after being suspended from profession over his remarks targeting the civil code and secularism.

In operations targeting the Peoples’ Democratic Party in İstanbul, Ankara, Eskişehir and Adana, several party executives and Öztürk Türkdoğan, the Co-Chair of the İHD, which was targeted by Interior Minister Soylu, have been taken into custody.

The Medical Chamber of Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır has shared the findings of its bimonthly report on COVID-19. The Chamber has raised concerns about the problems encountered in getting an appointment for vaccination.

İstanbul Labor and Democracy Forces platform held a press statement about the closure case filed against the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and HDP MP Gergerliolu’s expulsion from the Parliament.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) Turkey Director Emma Sinclair-Webb has spoken to bianet about the closure case filed against the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and the expulsion of HDP’s Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu from the Parliament.

According to Health Ministry data, 20,049 people have tested positive for coronavirus and 81 people have lost their lives in Turkey in the last 24 hours. 1,503 patients are reportedly in critical condition.

Yesterday, HDP's Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu was stripped of his parliamentary mandate and a case was filed for the party's closure.

The HDP is facing closure because of its alleged "terror activities" while MP Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has been stripped of its parliamentary mandate because of his conviction for "terror propaganda."

At least 1,075 women were subjected to economic, physical, psychological and sexual violence, harassment or threat last year, shows a recent report released by the Women’s Commission of the Human Rights Association (İHD).

The Monetary Policy Committee of Turkey’s Central Bank has increased the policy rate (one-week repo auction rate) from 17 to 19 percent.

The indictment for the closure of the party was submitted to the Constitutional Court yesterday.

The Central Executive Board of the HDP had an emergency meeting today. Co-Chair Buldan said, “The number of people voting for us was 6 million until yesterday evening; it has increased to 12 million since then.”

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey has responded to the reactions against the attempts to close the HDP, the third biggest political party at the Parliament, and HDP’s Gergerlioğlu, who has been stripped of his MP status.

Starting a "justice watch" at the parliament after he was stripped of MP status, Gergerlioğlu has said that the public reaction against his expulstion has been stronger than the opposition's reaction.

Calling for the closure of the HDP for a long time now, MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli has reiterated his call to the Court of Cassation and the Constitutional Court, saying that “the HDP must be closed to never open again.”

Shortly after HDP’s Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu was stripped of his MP status and a closure case was filed against the party, the US Department of State has released a brief statement about the issue.

While expelled MP Gergerlioğlu hasn't left the party's room in the parliament, the HDP Co-Chair has said that the move to close down the party is aimed at "establishing fascism."

While the district governor’s office has announced that the entire Kaynarca neighborhood in Dokumacılar village has been ravaged in the fire in the Black Sea province, the Interior Minister has said that the fire broke out in Dereiçi village.