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HDP marks 28th anniversary of Kurdish MPs' arrest in parliament

HDP marks 28th anniversary of Kurdish MPs' arrest in parliament

On March 2, 1994, four of the first pro-Kurdish MPs in Turkey were arrested in the parliament after their legislative immunities were lifted. Exactly 28 years later, another Kurdish MP was stripped of her MP status.

ECtHR Finds No Violation in Kurdish Attorney, Politician’s Unidentified Murder

ECtHR Finds No Violation in Kurdish Attorney, Politician’s Unidentified Murder

ECtHR has ruled there is no violation of right to live in unidentified murder of Kurdish attorney and politician Şevket Epözdemir.

1 December 2015

Another 3 Years in Jail for Leyla Zana

Another 3 Years in Jail for Leyla Zana

Former MP of the closed Democracy Party Leyla Zana was sentenced to three years' imprisonment under charges of "propaganda for a terror organization" on the grounds of calling PKK leader Öcalan the "Leader of the Kurdish People". Lawyer Gümüş stated to file an appeal.

9 April 2010 Erol Önderoğlu