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Pro-Kurdish HDP Party Ceases Activities in Turkish Parliament

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Pro-Kurdish HDP Party Ceases Activities in Turkish Parliament

12:07 GMT 06.11.2016 (Updated: 12:09 GMT 06.11.2016)

© AFP 2023 / ILYAS AKENGINParliament member of Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and HDP spokesman Ayhan Bilgen (C) speaks on November 6, 2016 during a press conference in Diyarbakir. The pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) on November 6, 2016 said it was halting all its activities in the Turkish parliament after nine of its MPs, including the two co-leaders, were arrested.

Parliament member of Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and HDP spokesman Ayhan Bilgen (C) speaks on November 6, 2016 during a press conference in Diyarbakir. The pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) on November 6, 2016 said it was halting all its activities in the Turkish parliament after nine of its MPs, including the two co-leaders, were arrested. - Sputnik International

The pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) said on Sunday that it would cease its activities in the Turkish parliament after arrests of a number of its leaders, local media reported.

Riot police stand guard in front of a courthouse during a gathering to protest against the arrest of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) lawmakers, in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir, Turkey - Sputnik International

Turkey Arrests 8 Lawmakers From Pro-Kurdish HDP Party Over Alleged PKK Ties

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The statement was made by HDP spokesman Ayhan Bilgen at a press conference the southeastern province of Diyarbakir, following a meeting of the HDP leadership. The party will not take part in the general assembly as we as in commission sessions, the Daily Sabah media outlet reported.

On Friday, over a dozen of members of HDP lawmakers including its co-chairs Figen Yuksekdag and Selahattin Demirtas, were arrested in raids carried out across the country.

Tensions between Ankara and Turkish Kurds escalated in July 2015 when a ceasefire between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) collapsed over a series of terrorist attacks, allegedly committed by PKK members.