Selahattin Demirtas

HDP’s imprisoned presidential candidate Demirtaş’s demand for release has been rejected by the Constitutional Court as well after Ankara 19th and 20th Heavy Penal Courts.

The song written by imprisoned Presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş has been composed and sung in prison.

HDP’s imprisoned presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş has sent a voice message from prison and said, “We are in very good spirits and good health here. We become happier and all the more exuberant as we get the messages coming from outside.”

Demirtaş has answered the questions, which were conveyed to him via his lawyers, on social media. In response to bianet’s question about “Kobane protests”, Demirtaş answered, “Political responsibility belongs to the AKP”.

HDP’s imprisoned Presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş will be taken from Edirne to Ankara twice for his election speech.

Başak Demirtaş has conveyed her question for Selahattin Demirtaş’s press meeting on social media: “When you become president, will you continue to iron, prepare breakfast for the kids and go to do the grocery shopping?”

HDP’s imprisoned Presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş has addressed Turkey by phone and his speech has been posted on social media. Demirtaş has said, “Today is not the time to be hopeless”.

Two high school students who have drawn ‘the kettle of Demirtaş’ on the walls as part of HDP’s election campaign have been arrested on charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization”.

HDP’s presidential candidate Demirtaş’s lawyers have filed a criminal complaint against President Erdoğan, Minister Soylu and journalists who echoed their statements about Kobane matter.

European Parliament Turkey Rapporteur Kati Piri has stated that the imprisoned Presidential candidate of the HDP Selahattin Demirtaş should be released for a fair election.

HDP’s imprisoned presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş will answer the questions asked to him on social media in Turkish, Kurdish and English until June 6.

Analyzed as part of the election research by Transparency International, state channel TRT has spared 105 minutes to Erdoğan and 18 seconds to Demirtaş, according to the association’s report.

In an application submitted to the Ministry of Justice, it has been demanded that HDP’s imprisoned presidential candidate Demirtaş be allowed to join TV programs and that the press members be allowed to meet him.

After Demirtaş’s request for release was rejected by Ankara 19th and 20th Heavy Penal Courts, the case has been taken to the Constitutional Court.

HDP’s imprisoned presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş has addressed President Erdoğan through his tweets posted via his attorneys. Demirtaş has said, “I would also like to hear your opinions as to your favorite opponent forced to run his election campaign in prison.”

HDP’s imprisoned presidential candidate Demirtaş’s demand for release has been rejected by the upper court on the ground that “there is the possibility of spoliation of evidence”. Demirtaş’s lawyers are taking the case to the Constitutional Court.

In a statement issued by the HDP, it has been stated that HDP’s imprisoned presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş’s demand for release has been rejected.

HDP’s presidential candidate Demirtaş has stated, “It has been revealed that the so-called evidence that put me behind bars was all fabricated by FETÖ prosecutors”.

Answering the questions of bianet from the prison where he is kept, HDP's presidential candidate Demirtaş has explained how he keeps fit, his meeting program, his first practice when he is elected and his candidacy period in prison.

Presidential Principal Consultant Çevik has advocated that Demirtaş’s arrest should continue, and resolution process may recommence after the election. Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın has refuted Çevik’s statement.