
5 year political ban sought for 687 HDP members

2021-03-18 14:04:21


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	ANKARA - In the indictment of the caseto ban HDP, a political ban for 5 years was requested against 687 people, including the current and former co-chairs of the party.

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	Details of the indictment prepared by the Supreme Court Chief Public Prosecutor Bekir Şahin regarding the application for closure of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) to the Constitutional Court (AYM) were announced through the press.

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	In the indictment, a political ban for 5 years was requested against 687 people including HDP Co-Chairs Pervin Buldan and Mithat Sancar, HDP's former co-chairs Figen Yüksekdağ, Selahattin Demirtaş, HDP Group Deputy Chair Meral Danış Beştaş, Sezai Temelli, Ahmet Türk, Leyla Zana, Ayhan Bilgen, Selma Irmak, Sebahat Tuncel, Nursel Aydoğan, Ertuğrul Kürkçü and Sırrı Süreyya Önder.

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	In the indictment, a request was made against HDP to be completely deprived of treasury aid while saying, "The defendant party have never stood with Turkey in any national issue and stood with whoever was against Turkey."

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