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Canan Kaftancıoğlu's CHP membership dropped

Canan Kaftancıoğlu's CHP membership dropped

The Court of Cassation has revoked main opposition CHP Istanbul chair Canan Kaftancıoğlu's party membership.

Selahattin Demirtaş: I was born and compelled to be a politician

CLOSURE CASE SEEKING POLITICAL BAN

Selahattin Demirtaş: I was born and compelled to be a politician

Jailed politician Selahattin Demirtaş is one of the 451 HDP politicians facing a political ban as part of the HDP closure case. Demirtaş has addressed a petition of defense to the Constitutional Court, which hears the closure case.

22 December 2021

Prosecutor’s office demands ‘political ban’ for Muharrem İnce

Prosecutor’s office demands ‘political ban’ for Muharrem İnce

Pronouncing its opinion as to the accusations in the lawsuit filed in 2013, the prosecutor’s office has demanded that main opposition CHP’s former Presidential candidate and Homeland Party Chair İnce be deprived of his right to elect and to be elected.

Closure case: Court of Cassation sues the HDP again

Closure case: Court of Cassation sues the HDP again

The Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Court of Cassation has indicted the HDP again, demanding its closure and a political ban on nearly 500 people. The party has denounced the development, saying, “Put the mafia on trial, not the HDP.”

Prosecutor demands political ban for deceased HDP politicians as well

Prosecutor demands political ban for deceased HDP politicians as well

The Chief Public Prosecutor of the Court of Cassation, who has recently filed a closure case against the HDP, has demanded a political ban for 687 people, including Ayhan, Akbulut and Fırat, who are no longer alive.

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David R. Mellor

Where is Pikachu?

Volga Kuşçuoğlu

Despite health issues, Bahçeli seems at steering wheel of Turkey’s new Kurdish initiative

Sanja Kljajić

Media and democracy in the Western Balkans and Turkey: alarming trends unveiled

Tuğçe Yılmaz

Öcalan's message sparks both hope and skepticism

Osman İşçi

Assurance of our right to know: Freedom of expression and journalists

columns

David R. Mellor

Where is Pikachu?

Volga Kuşçuoğlu

Despite health issues, Bahçeli seems at steering wheel of Turkey’s new Kurdish initiative

Sanja Kljajić

Media and democracy in the Western Balkans and Turkey: alarming trends unveiled

Tuğçe Yılmaz

Öcalan's message sparks both hope and skepticism

Osman İşçi

Assurance of our right to know: Freedom of expression and journalists