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Prosecutors seek to lift immunity of nine HDP deputies over 'Kobanê protests'

We have spoken with HDP deputies Paylan and Temelli about the 2014 protests and the new indictment into the incidents.

18 January 2021 Ruken Tuncel

'Erdoğan has surrendered Turkey to the interest rate lobby'

After claiming to fight the "interest rate lobby" for years, the president has made Turkey the country with the ninth highest interest rate in the world, the HDP's Paylan has pointed out.

14 January 2021

HDP MP GARO PAYLAN

‘The only winner of Karabakh War is Russia’

Amid ongoing conflicts following the violation of Armenia-Azerbaijan truce in the South Caucasus, HDP MP Garo Paylan underlines that Russia’s policy is not oriented towards ending conflicts and notes that Turkey should establish peace.

17 December 2020 Pınar Tarcan

PROPOSAL BY HDP

28-day ‘total lockdown’ in Turkey in 8 steps

HDP has proposed an action plan against the pandemic in Turkey. The party has recommended that citizens without any income and shop owners who have to close their businesses should be financially supported during the proposed total lockdown.

17 December 2020

NYT OP-ED BY GARO PAYLAN

‘Turkey’s military adventures decrease freedom at home’

Amid ongoing conflicts between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, HDP MP Garo Paylan, who has recently been targeted by hate speech for making a call for peace, has penned an article for the New York Times.

15 October 2020

Hate speech against Armenians, Syrians, Kurds on the increase, warns İHD

Human Rights Association has warned political parties that hate speech may lead to hate crimes.

6 October 2020

TARGETED BY ASAM

Hundreds of people express solidarity with HDP MP Garo Paylan

After he was targeted by the Center for Eurasian Strategic Studies (ASAM) for making a call for peace amid ongoing clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan, hundreds of people have expressed support for Garo Paylan, an Armenian MP of the HDP.

6 October 2020

TARGETED AMID KARABAKH CONFLICT

HDP MP Garo Paylan: There are no winners in war and no losers in peace

Targeted by the Center for Eurasian Strategic Studies (ASAM) amid ongoing clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia, HDP MP Paylan has filed a criminal complaint against the ASAM executives and released a statement about the issue.

5 October 2020

AZERBAIJAN-ARMENIA CONFLICT

MP Paylan: Turkey is the only country that invites to war

HDP Diyarbakır MP Garo Paylan has spoken to bianet about the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict and the allegations that Turkey sends arms and fighters to the region.

29 September 2020 Pınar Tarcan

‘Why do you cover up corruption of trustees,’ HDP’s Paylan asks Minister of Interior

HDP MP Paylan has addressed a Parliamentary question about the trustees appointed to HDP municipalities: “Is it possible that your silence in the face of trustees' plunder and unlawful acts is related to your ‘enemy politics’ against the HDP and the elected?”

20 August 2020

‘Is there anything in Turkey that is not in dollars,’ HDP MP asks Minister Albayrak

From HDP MP Paylan to Finance Minister Albayrak, who asked CNN Türk’s Ahmet Hakan if he got his wage in dollars: “Is there anything in Turkey, apart from our wages, that is not in dollars? Aren’t our citizens born indebted thousands of dollars?”

14 August 2020

HDP MP GARO PAYLAN

'Why was Aram Tigran not allowed to be buried in Diyarbakır?'

Despite his will, Armenian composer Aram Tigran, the son of a family who was expelled from Diyarbakır during the Genocide, was not allowed to be buried in the city.

10 August 2020

'Beirut' question to Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu: Weren’t you ashamed?

HDP Diyarbakır MP Garo Paylan has criticized the speech of Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu in Beirut. Addressing a Parliamentary question to the Minister, he has asked, “Didn’t you feel shame for racism in multi-identity Beirut?”

10 August 2020

Diyarbakır MP Paylan says no empty beds left in intensive care services at city's hospitals

"While hundreds of new cases are found in Diyarbakır every day, how do you announce 1,000 cases across Turkey?" Paylan has asked the Minister of Health.

6 August 2020

HDP MP Paylan asks ‘whether Turkey has adopted fixed exchange rate system’

Addressing a Parliamentary question to Minister of Treasury and Finance Albayrak, HDP MP Garo Paylan has noted that the exchange rate of US dollar has been fixed at 6.86 Turkish Lira in the last weeks.

8 July 2020

AKP mayor mandated instead of winning candidate 'spent all budget in six months'

The ruling party's candidate was mandated in Diyarbakır's Bağlar district although the HDP candidate won the election by 71 percent of the votes.

29 June 2020

Why is Turkey working to set up an 'autonomous agency' against Armenian Genocide recognition?

We have spoken with MP Garo Paylan and Prof. Taner Akçam about the government's reported preparations to set up an "autonomous agency" to work against the recognition of the Armenian Genocide.

29 June 2020 Pınar Tarcan

500-year-old Armenian monastery 'ruined because of neglect and treasury hunters'

HDP MP Garo Paylan has submitted a parliamentary question regarding the situation of the Surp Marinos Monastery.

25 June 2020

Garo Paylan: A Tournament will be Named After Late Boxer Garbis Zakaryan

Minister of Youth and Sports Kasapoğlu has replied the Parliamentary question of HDP MP Paylan about Garbis Zakaryan, a boxing champion of Armenian descent and the first professional boxer of Turkey who lost his life in early 2020.

2 June 2020

HDP MP GARO PAYLAN

‘Do You Think President’s Hate Speech Has a Role in Attack Against Armenian Church?’

Addressing a Parliamentary question to Interior Minister Soylu, HDP MP Paylan has asked the role of President Erdoğan’s hate speech such as “leftover of the sword” in the hate attacks targeting the minorities’ places of worship in Turkey.

12 May 2020

FROM PAYLAN TO MINISTER GÜL

‘Aren’t Remarks of Religious Affairs President Against the Constitution and Laws?'

Addressing a Parliamentary question to Justice Minister Gül, HDP MP Paylan has asked, “Can a state official commit a hate crime by targeting LGBTI+s? Aren’t the remarks of President of Religious Affairs against the Constitution and laws?”

29 April 2020

105TH YEAR OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

Garo Paylan: ‘No Parliament Other Than Turkey’s Would Heal Wound of Armenian People’

HDP MP Paylan says, “I know that the great calamity faced by my people is a genocide. However, if the Parliament of Turkey brings this issue into its agenda and gives it a name that will comprehend it with a fair memory, I will accept that name, too.”

24 April 2020 Pınar Tarcan

Articles Foreseeing Restrictions on Social Media Omitted from Omnibus Bill

The articles foreseeing restrictions on social media have been withdrawn from the 62-article omnibus bill, which is also expected to ban lay-offs for 3 months. “They have withdrawn it for now. They will bring it up at the first opportunity,” says HDP MP Paylan.

14 April 2020 Hikmet Adal

HDP MP: Private Hospitals Charge Fees for Covid-19 Treatment Despite Order by Ministry

In a circular, the Ministry of Health stated that testing and treatment of Covid-19 would be free.

30 March 2020

HDP Unveils Alternative Economic Measures Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

HDP Vice Co-Chair for Economic Affairs Paylan has unveiled alternative economic measures against the government’s “Economic Stability Shield,” which is criticized for prioritizing the interests of the business world rather than citizens.

25 March 2020

Parliamentary Inquiry into İstanbul Pogrom Rejected Due to 'Rude and Hurtful Remarks'

HDP MP Paylan has said, "The Speaker's Office wants to decide which words we will use," on the rejection of the inquiry he submitted regarding the Pogrom of September 6-7 against minorities in İstanbul.

28 October 2019 Hikmet Adal

Hate Speech Banners in Konya on Parliamentary Agenda

HDP MP Garo Paylan has submitted a Parliamentary question on banners spreading hate speech about Christians and Jews at bus stops in central Anatolian province of Konya. The banners have been removed earlier today after they sparked public reaction.

22 October 2019

OCTOBER 4 WORLD ANIMAL DAY

HDP Submits Legislative Proposal on Animal Rights: Impunity Must be Ended

Submitting a legislative proposal, HDP MP Paylan has underlined that violence against animals has become a “culture” in Turkey, requesting that the necessary legal and penal regulations be introduced to put an end to impunity in incidents of violence.

4 October 2019

MP Paylan Proposes Parliamentary Inquiry into İstanbul Pogrom to 'Confront the Past'

HDP Diyarbakır MP Garo Paylan has put forward a motion for the opening of a parliamentary inquiry into the Pogrom on September 6-7, 1955.

5 September 2019

‘This Video is the Utmost Example of Hate Speech’

Şalom newspaper Editor-in-Chief İvo Molinas has spoken to bianet about the video of a group of children made to say “Death to Jews.” HDP MP Paylan has also described the video as “child abuse and hate crime” and brought it into Parliamentary agenda.

5 August 2019 Pınar Tarcan

PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION BY HDP MP PAYLAN

‘Where is the Public Benefit in Zoning Diyarbakır City Forest for Construction?’

Submitting a Parliamentary question, HDP Diyarbakır MP Garo Paylan has asked Minister of Environment and Urbanization Murat Kurum “to explain the public benefit in zoning the City Forest, the lungs of Diyarbakır, for construction.”

25 July 2019

HDP MP GARO PAYLAN

‘Is it True That 195 Thousand Trees Have Been Cut Down in Mount Ida?’

HDP Diyarbakır MP Garo Paylan has submitted a Parliamentary question regarding the Kirazlı Gold Mine Project, for which the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources granted a construction permit in March 2019.

19 July 2019