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Green Left Party responds to threats from presidential advisor

Green Left Party responds to threats from presidential advisor

"We will respond to this attack on all women by expanding our organization and escalating our struggle,” said the party.

Cracks in Turkey's opposition could secure local election revenge for Erdoğan

Cracks in Turkey's opposition could secure local election revenge for Erdoğan

The idea of forming the broadest coalition possible to defeat Erdoğan suffered a serious blow in the dual elections in May, leaving the opposition parties in disarray.

15 September 2023 Volga Kuşçuoğlu

Attempted attack on HDP, Green Left office in Adana

Attempted attack on HDP, Green Left office in Adana

While the governor's office suggests that the perpetrator "may lack mental stability," Green Left politicians are highlighting the possibility of her collaboration with two other individuals, underscoring the incident's potentially organized nature.

Plight of severely ill prisoner on parliamentary agenda

Plight of severely ill prisoner on parliamentary agenda

A 27-year-old woman is kept behind bars despite suffering from severe heart and high blood pressure conditions, along with a herniated disc.

İstanbul MP faces criminal complaint for calling police 'occupiers' at Trans Pride March

PRIDE MONTH

İstanbul MP faces criminal complaint for calling police 'occupiers' at Trans Pride March

Police barricades and detentions marred the 9th edition of the march, which was banned due to concerns about its 'threat to the family institution'.

Green Left MP candidate remanded in custody

Green Left MP candidate remanded in custody

Yıldırım is charged with "membership in an illegal organization."

HDP, Green Left Party 'to continue pioneering democratic struggle in Turkey' after elections

HDP, Green Left Party 'to continue pioneering democratic struggle in Turkey' after elections

Yesterday's results have shown that half of the people in Turkey want a change, the party leaders have stressed.

'Terror' investigation against Green Left MP immediately after taking office

'Terror' investigation against Green Left MP immediately after taking office

Vezir Coşkun Parlak, along with several others, is facing charges of "providing financial support to a terrorist organization" due to their provision of financial aid to certain prisoners.

26 May 2023 Nedim Türfent

Forty-two released after operations targeting HDP, Green Left

Forty-two released after operations targeting HDP, Green Left

A series of operations have targeted Kurdish linked groups for over a month now, coinciding with the country's dual elections.

Crackdown on Kurdish-linked groups continues as 18 detained in house raids

Crackdown on Kurdish-linked groups continues as 18 detained in house raids

Green Left Party and HDP members are among the detained in the raids that took place early in the morning.

Musicians detained on 'terror' charges for participating in Green Left Party events

Musicians detained on 'terror' charges for participating in Green Left Party events

The musicians had participated in the opening events for the party's election campaign offices in İzmir.

Opposition parties filing objections against alleged vote counting irregularities

Opposition parties filing objections against alleged vote counting irregularities

The main opposition party says they found discrepancies in over 4,000 of 200,000 ballot boxes.

Green Left voters registered as Patriotic Party balloting committee members

Green Left voters registered as Patriotic Party balloting committee members

Around a thousand citizens in Antep cannot cast their votes because they have been registered as balloting committee members under the Patriotic Party.

14 May 2023 Tuğçe Yılmaz

Turkey elections will mark the 'end of a long-lasting coup'

Q&A WITH HDP'S DANIŞ-BEŞTAŞ

Turkey elections will mark the 'end of a long-lasting coup'

The well-known Kurdish politician, who narrowly avoided a life-threatening traffic accident while on the campaign trail, reflects on her "virtual election campaign," as well as Erdogan's rhetoric and his attacks on the opposition.

10 May 2023 Tuğçe Yılmaz

Several HDP, Green Left members detained in İstanbul raids

Several HDP, Green Left members detained in İstanbul raids

The operation comes amid the ongoing crackdown on Kurdish politicians, journalists and lawyers.

Green Left Party to offer free transportation to hometowns for voters, quake survivors

Green Left Party to offer free transportation to hometowns for voters, quake survivors

Ahead of the elections, the party will lease buses for the voters whose hometowns are located in the far-away eastern provinces and cover the travel expenses of those living in the western provinces, which are closer to İstanbul.

'This tree will now come into leaf in Yozgat'

BİLGİN, GREEN LEFT PARTY CANDIDATE FOR MP IN YOZGAT:

'This tree will now come into leaf in Yozgat'

Cemal Bilgin who identifies himself as coming from a religious and nationalist family background, explains why he is running in the elections from the Green Left Party: "They were with us before, and today we are with them."

24 April 2023 Tuğçe Yılmaz

Popular politician striving to return to parliament faces arrest warrant in 'terror' case

Popular politician striving to return to parliament faces arrest warrant in 'terror' case

"I moved from preparing for parliamentary representation and political work to preparing for prison," says Sırrı Süreyya Önder, one of the 108 HDP politicians facing aggravated life sentences in the Kobanî trial.

17 April 2023 Tuğçe Yılmaz

$Senior HDP deputy left with fractured back after traffic accident during election campaign$

Senior HDP deputy left with fractured back after traffic accident during election campaign

Taken to Ankara from Erzurum by air ambulance, Danış-Beştaş was taken into surgery.

Green Left Party election offices vandalized in Ankara, İzmir

Green Left Party election offices vandalized in Ankara, İzmir

One of the attacks was reportedly carried out by minors. Last week, another party office in İstanbul was targeted in a similar attack.

Green Left Party campaign office vandalized in İstanbul

Green Left Party campaign office vandalized in İstanbul

The perpetrators drew three crescents, a Turkish nationalist symbol, and wrote insults on the walls of the office.

Sister of prisoner who died after torture announces candidacy 'to be voice of prisoners'

Sister of prisoner who died after torture announces candidacy 'to be voice of prisoners'

"My top priority will be prisons. I will work to prevent deaths in prisons from being normalized as suicides," said Asya Gezer, who lost her sister in suspicious circumstances.

30 March 2023 Ruken Tuncel

Green Left Party releases final declaration: 'Our mission is to end the one-man regime'

Green Left Party releases final declaration: 'Our mission is to end the one-man regime'

Facing closure, the HDP will compete in the elections under the Green Left Party.

Passports of Green Left Party Co-Spokespersons Confiscated

Passports of Green Left Party Co-Spokespersons Confiscated

The passports of Eylem Tuncaelli and Naci Sönmez, Co-Spokespersons of the Green Left Party, have been confiscated. Tuncaelli and Sönmez, on whom no international travel ban has been imposed, have been prevented from going to Germany.

23 November 2018