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Demirtaş stated that the people are sick of the AKP and will tell Erdoğan they have had enough in these elections. He said: “We don’t have the slightest expectation from the AKP. At this point, AKP is the representative of a racist, fascist mindset." HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party) Presidential Candidate Selahattin Demirtaş responded to German news magazine Der Spiegel’s questions in writing through his lawyers. “THERE IS FASCISTIC PRESSURE, BUT OUR BASE IS COURAGEOUS” To Der Spiegel’s question “You had left your post at the party in February, you wanted to leave politics to its own rhythm. But now, you...

HDP Presidential candidate spoke to German media from prison HDP presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş answered questions sent by the German DPA agency. The HDP presidential candidate is in Edirne prison and, as part of his campaign, he is giving interviews to various foreign media.  Interviews with hime were also featured in German newspapers such as Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Phase), Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and Der Standaard. Asked about his detention condition, Demirtaş said: “Despite all the difficulties, I am good and I my moral is high. We are two in a small cell. We have radio, television and newspapers. We can...

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) candidate for president Muharrem Ince on Wednesday visited his pro-Kurdish rival Selahattin Demirtas whom the incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s administration has kept in prison as the country goes to polls next month. Ince, an outspoken lawmaker and long-time critic of the government, was able to see Demirtas in a supermax prison in the northwestern Edirne Province after he got permission from the Justice Ministry. Other visitors the Kurdish politician accepted were his wife Basak Demirtas and two young daughters, Delal and Dilda. Kurdistan 24’s Istanbul desk said no...

ANKARA (Kurdistan 24) - Selahattin Demirtas, Turkey's most influential Kurdish politician and a presidential candidate, could be released from prison within days, one of his lawyers told Kurdistan 24 on Tuesday."It is a shame that Mr. Demirtas has not already been freed. It's a great shame for the judiciary. It is legally unacceptable, especially after his becoming a candidate for the presidency," attorney Mahsuni Karaman said."I have no doubts that Demirtas will be released in a few days," he added, talking to Kurdistan 24 in the Turkish capital.Since Demirtas' arrest, his lawyers have made repeated requests to a penal court...

Turkey’s top Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtas, one of the few names who proved he could challenge President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s charisma, has decided to run in the June 24 presidential elections, seemingly undaunted by the bars of his prison cell.Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) announced Demirtas’ candidacy May 4. “Our candidate is Selahattin Demirtas, who is being held as a hostage in Edirne Prison,” HDP Co-chair Pervin Buldan was quoted by Hurriyet Daily news as saying in a statement. Turkey’s westernmost province of Edirne is the farthest point from the predominantly Kurdish southeast where Demirtas’ main constituency is located. Demirtas ran...

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's jailed pro-Kurdish opposition leader said no judge could stand up to Tayyip Erdogan, expressing doubts he could ever have a fair trial after the president publicly labeled him a terrorist. In a rare interview from prison, Selahattin Demirtas also told Reuters he believed he accepted some blame for failing to halt the collapse of peace talks between the government and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).