content tagged with Party closure

Facing closure, HDP submits plea to Constitutional Court

Facing closure, HDP submits plea to Constitutional Court

The top court had rejected the first indictment seeking the closure of the party but accepted he second one despite there was no difference between them, a lawyer with the HDP has said.

Parliamentary speaker returns question on party closures

Parliamentary speaker returns question on party closures

Turkey’s Parliamentary Speaker Mustafa Şentop has returned main opposition CHP MP Tanrıkulu’s Parliamentary question on party closures on the grounds that it is among “the issues that cannot be questioned” as per the Parliamentary bylaw.

History of party closures in Turkey

History of party closures in Turkey

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.

19 March 2021 Hikmet Adal

Closure case against HDP, request for political ban on 687 people

Closure case against HDP, request for political ban on 687 people

Chief Public Prosecutor of the Court of Cassation has applied to the Constitutional Court and filed a lawsuit for closing the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP). The indictment against the party has been sent to the Constitutional Court.

HDP will be closed down 'both legally and politically,' says AKP's Özkan

HDP will be closed down 'both legally and politically,' says AKP's Özkan

Özkan's statements come after the Court of Cassation launched an inquiry into the HDP.

71.8 percent of Kurds don’t approve party closures

PUBLIC SURVEY

71.8 percent of Kurds don’t approve party closures

According to a recent public survey conducted in eastern Turkey, 61.4 percent of people think that “economic crisis/ unemployment” is the biggest problem of the country, which is followed by the “Kurdish question” with 16.9 percent.

22 February 2021 Ruken Tuncel

Beştaş: The Writing Supreme Court of Appeal Sent to DBP is a Conjectural Threat

Beştaş: The Writing Supreme Court of Appeal Sent to DBP is a Conjectural Threat

HDP Vice Co-Spokesperson Beştaş said they haven’t received the “warning writing” Supreme Court of Appeal sent to DBP as a “message to HDP” as the critical expressions against DBP exist as of DBP’s foundation.

30 December 2015

Loss of Membership of Parliament Lifted

CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM PACKAGE

Loss of Membership of Parliament Lifted

After three days of constitutional sessions, amendments on collective bargaining, the right to strike and lockout, closure of political parties, public autidorship, loss of membership of the parliament and regulations regarding the General Administrative Board passed through parliament.

23 April 2010 Tolga Korkut

Ruling AKP Defends Against Prosecutor’s Indictment

The ruling party of Turkey, the Justice and Development Party, launches defense against the Supreme Court Prosecutor's indictment that the party has become a focus for anti-secular activities.

Constitutional Court Closed 24 Parties in 44 Years

In the light of the threatened closure of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP), it is enlightening to look back at Turkey's political history.

23 November 2007 Tolga Korkut