HDP releases information file on latest wave of attacks
The HDP has released an information file on the violence in Turkey since late July. This is an important dossier which contains detailed information on how the AKP government is attempting to break the HDP’s political power and undermine the peace process. The introduction to the file is below, and you can download the full pdf here.
PEOPLES’ DEMOCRATIC PARTY: FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMISSION
INFORMATION FILE ON VIOLENCE IN TURKEY
INTRODUCTION
After the General Elections on June 7th 2015, Peoples’ Democratic Party (Halkların Demokratik Partisi or HDP) became one of the most significant political actors in Turkey. In particular, Kurds, socialists, Alawites, Non-Muslim groups, democratic conservatives, social democrats, ecologists and other historically marginalized or oppressed identities in Turkey have supported the HDP in the search for expanded collective rights in Turkey’s political and judiciary system. Continue reading “HDP releases information file on latest wave of attacks”