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Imprisoned Kurdish politician Semra Güzel: ‘My right to love is being judged in this trial’

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Imprisoned Kurdish politician Semra Güzel: ‘My right to love is being judged in this trial’

The former HDP deputy was arrested in September 2022, after a targeted campaign by the pro-government media led to a 'terror' investigation.

8 July 2024 Tuğçe Yılmaz

Stripped of MP status, HDP's Semra Güzel facing up to 7.5 years in prison

Stripped of MP status, HDP's Semra Güzel facing up to 7.5 years in prison

An indictment has been prepared for the ex-MP for "forgery of official documents." Güzel's photograph with Volkan Bora who was killed in an airstrike in 2017 in a cross-border operation was the reason for the accusations.

Semra Güzel of HDP stripped of MP status

Semra Güzel of HDP stripped of MP status

Güzel was remanded in custody on September 4 in a trial she is standing. She was stripped of her MP status with 330 votes in the parliament for "absenteeism."

22 December 2022

HDP files complaint against interior minister over detention of MP

HDP files complaint against interior minister over detention of MP

The complaint has been filed in relation to a video showing police officers escorting MP Güzel pressing her head down

15 September 2022

Stripped of legislative immunity, HDP deputy Semra Güzel arrested

Stripped of legislative immunity, HDP deputy Semra Güzel arrested

Güzel was stripped of her legislative immunity after her photos with a PKK member resurfaced in January. The police detained her on Friday in İstanbul.

5 September 2022

Warrant for HDP deputy Semra Güzel

Warrant for HDP deputy Semra Güzel

Güzel was stripped of her legislative immunity over her photos with a PKK member.

Constitutional Court rejects the application of HDP MP Semra Güzel

Constitutional Court rejects the application of HDP MP Semra Güzel

Turkey’s top court has rejected the request for the annulment of the Parliamentary decision lifting the legislative immunity of HDP Diyarbakır MP Semra Güzel.

HDP marks 28th anniversary of Kurdish MPs' arrest in parliament

HDP marks 28th anniversary of Kurdish MPs' arrest in parliament

On March 2, 1994, four of the first pro-Kurdish MPs in Turkey were arrested in the parliament after their legislative immunities were lifted. Exactly 28 years later, another Kurdish MP was stripped of her MP status.

Legislative immunity of HDP MP Semra Güzel lifted

Legislative immunity of HDP MP Semra Güzel lifted

HDP Diyarbakır MP Semra Güzel has been stripped of her legislative immunity in a vote taken at the General Assembly of the Parliament. “For Kurdish people, lifting her immunity means disregarding their will,” said HDP Group Deputy Chair Oluç.

Report on HDP's Semra Güzel submitted to General Assembly of the Parliament

Report on HDP's Semra Güzel submitted to General Assembly of the Parliament

The Parliamentary Joint Commission on Constitution and Justice has submitted its report in favor of lifting the legislative immunity of HDP MP Güzel to the General Assembly of the Parliament. Güzel faces two separate summaries of proceedings.

25 February 2022

Parliamentary Joint Commission says legislative immunity of HDP’s Güzel should be lifted

Parliamentary Joint Commission says legislative immunity of HDP’s Güzel should be lifted

By a majority of votes, the Parliamentary Joint Commission on Constitution and Justice has concluded that the legislative immunity of HDP MP Semra Güzel should be lifted. The last decision will be given in a vote at the General Assembly.

18 February 2022

HDP Women’s Assembly expresses support for Diyarbakır MP Semra Güzel

HDP Women’s Assembly expresses support for Diyarbakır MP Semra Güzel

Speaking about HDP Diyarbakır MP Güzel, who is facing two summaries of proceedings seeking to lift her legislative immunity, HDP Diyarbakır MP Dersim Dağ has said that the attack on Güzel is carried out by the “male and fascistic mentality.”

8 February 2022

Parliamentary Commission convenes for HDP MP Semra Güzel

Parliamentary Commission convenes for HDP MP Semra Güzel

Making defense in place of HDP MP Semra Güzel in the face of summaries of proceedings seeking to lift her immunity, HDP MP Filiz Kerestecioğlu said, “Anonymous witness is not lawful, it should be lifted. We are watching history repeat itself.”

3 February 2022

Parliamentary Commission gives time to HDP’s Semra Güzel to make defense

Parliamentary Commission gives time to HDP’s Semra Güzel to make defense

The Drafting Commission established to discuss the two summaries of proceedings seeking to lift the legislative immunity of HDP MP Semra Güzel has given her time to make her oral and written defense.

21 January 2022

HDP closure case | MP Semra Güzel’s pictures added to file as ‘additional evidence’

HDP closure case | MP Semra Güzel’s pictures added to file as ‘additional evidence’

The Adıyaman Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has sent HDP MP Semra Güzel’s pictures with a PKK member to the file of the HDP closure case.

19 January 2022

Bahçeli once again says HDP, Turkish Medical Association should be closed

Bahçeli once again says HDP, Turkish Medical Association should be closed

The MHP leader has accused the HDP of "terrorism" and the TTB of lying about Turkey's domestic coronavirus vaccine.

11 January 2022

Parliamentary Speaker says HDP's Güzel 'should be stripped of legislative immunity'

Parliamentary Speaker says HDP's Güzel 'should be stripped of legislative immunity'

After her pictures from 2014 with Volkan Bora, a PKK member killed by security forces in 2017, were leaked to the press, it has caused debates about HDP MP Semra Güzel. Parliamentary Speaker Mustafa Şentop has also talked about the issue.

11 January 2022

‘Family physicians investigated, fined for halting work in protest’

HDP ASKS MINISTER

‘Family physicians investigated, fined for halting work in protest’

HDP MP Güzel has addressed a Parliamentary question to Health Minister Koca, asking him about the investigations against 800 family physicians who halted work in protest and the physicians in İzmir who face pay cuts before the investigations are completed.

23 September 2021

Violation of Rights in Tarsus Prison on Parliamentary Agenda

Violation of Rights in Tarsus Prison on Parliamentary Agenda

HDP Diyarbakır MP Semra Güzel has submitted a Parliamentary question regarding the violation of rights allegedly committed in Tarsus Prison in Mersin.

Male Violence Towards Women on Parliamentary Agenda

Male Violence Towards Women on Parliamentary Agenda

Bringing the male violence towards women into parliamentary agenda, HDP Diyarbakır MP Semra Güzel has asked Minister of Labor, Social Services and Family Selçuk, “What is the justification for the confidentiality orders imposed on case files of femicides?”

22 January 2019