Peoples' Democratic Party

The cost of protecting historical heritage is plastic bullets, assault and detention!

Our spokesperson for Legal Affairs Commission Ayşe Acar Başaran's statement regarding the police attack on Hasankeyf protesters. Read more...

I end my hunger strike but continue my fight against isolation

Press statement by our MP Leyla Güven who has been on hunger strikes for 200 days demanding the end of isolation imposed on Abdullah Öcalan. Read more...

Co-chair Buldan’s visit to Germany

A delegation headed by our co-chair Pervin Buldan is in Germany to hold meetings with the political representatives from several political parties of Germany. Read more...

15 political prisoners turn their hunger strike into "death fast" on 30 April 2019

Call letter by our vice co-chair Hişyar Özsoy to the international community. Read more...

Nobel Laureates call to end the solitary confinement of Öcalan and all political prisoners in Turkey

50 Nobel Prize Laureates from multiple disciplines around the world joined Leyla Güven's call to Turkey to end the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan and all other political prisoners. Read more...

We share the sorrow and mourning of 104 years…

Press release by our Central Executive Board. Read more...

Demirtaş: I’m in prison. But my party still scored big in Turkey’s elections

Our former co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş wrote an article for The Washington Post. Read more...

We call upon the international public to urge the Turkish government to terminate the policy of isolation on Mr Öcalan and other prisoners

Letter by the hungerstriker HDP MPs Leyla Güven, Tayip Temel, Dersim Dağ and Murat Sarısaç to the international public. Read more...

The AKP-MHP coalition is reversing election results through district, province and the Supreme Board of Elections

Information note by our vice co-chair Hişyar Özsoy regarding the rigs and irregularities in the post-electoral process in Turkey.
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Turkey's local elections will impact the government, the opposition, the economy, and the society

Our Central Executive Board evaluated the results of local elections, the isolation on Mr. Abdullah Öcalan and hunger strikes in its meeting held in Ankara on 3 April 2019. Read more...

Irregularities continue in the post-electoral process of appeals

Information note by our vice co-chair Hişyar Özsoy regarding the irregularities in the post-electoral process of appeals in Turkey. Read more...

On the eve of local elections: hundreds of detentions, arrests, and deportation of international observers

Information note by our vice co-chair Hişyar Özsoy regarding the intensified pressures on the HDP. Read more...

HDP's report on pre-election period

Report by our Commission On Election Affairs regarding the election violations at the ahead of upcoming Turkey's March 31 local elections. Read more...

Five people have died to protest the politics of isolation imposed on Mr Öcalan

Information note by our vice co-chair Hişyar Özsoy regarding the deaths in Turkey prisons and ongoing hunger strikes. Read more...

Thousands of hunger strikers ask Turkey to comply with its own laws!

Our spokesperson for Legal Affairs Commission Ayşe Acar Başaran's statement regarding the hunger strikes in Turkey's prisons. Read more...

We strongly condemn the racist attack in New Zealand

Press statement by our Co-Chairs Pervin Buldan and Sezai Temelli. Read more...