İdris Baluken gets out of prison

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İdris Baluken, ex-Diyarbakır MP of the People's Democratic Party (HDP) and then-group deputy chairperson of HDP got out of prison after completing his sentence, staying 6 years 5 months, and one day in prison. 

Baluken was detained on November 4, 2016, as the then-group deputy chairperson of the party, together with the HDP Co-Chairs Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ, Şırnak MPs Ferhat Encü, Leyla Birlik, Hakkari MPs Selma Irmak and Abdullah Zeydan, Diyarbakır MP Nursel Aydoğan, Ankara MP Sırrı Süreyya Önder and Mardin MP Gülser Yıldırım, who were all detained on the same day. 

Baluken stood trial at the Diyarbakır 8th Heavy Penal Court and received a prison sentence of 9 years and 2 months.

He was released by the court on January 30, 2017, but was arrested again 22 days later, after the objection of the Diyarbakır Chief Prosecutor's Office.

HDP had shared the moments when the police officers tried to push their group deputy chairperson İdris Baluken's head down when detaining him, saying "We will not bow our head down, we will not bow before you!"

Baş eğmeyiz, biat etmeyiz! #HDPOnurumuzdur pic.twitter.com/uSiG6GAxvT

— HDP (@HDPgenelmerkezi) 4 Kasım 2016

(TY/PE)