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Twenty-four detained in Antalya raids targeting unions, leftist parties

Twenty-four detained in Antalya raids targeting unions, leftist parties

The detained individuals are accused of "spreading terrorist propaganda" due to their participation in commemorations for 1970s' communist revolutionaries.

21 September 2023

Dozens of protesters, three media workers detained in 'earthquake' protest in İstanbul

Dozens of protesters, three media workers detained in 'earthquake' protest in İstanbul

The police did not allow the demonstration and prevented some journalists from taking footage during the incidents.

One out of every three ‘spies’ caught in Germany is from Turkey

One out of every three ‘spies’ caught in Germany is from Turkey

The government has answered the Parliamentary question of Left Party (Die Linke) MP Sevim Dağdelen in Germany and said that there is an increase in Ankara’s “espionage” activities against dissidents from Turkey. Dağdelen herself is also targeted.

Jailed politician Gültan Kışanak granted ‘Clara Zetkin Honorary Award’

Jailed politician Gültan Kışanak granted ‘Clara Zetkin Honorary Award’

“We will keep struggling together against the male dominant order with our women’s solidarity, inside and outside,” says the HDP Women’s Assembly, announcing that Germany’s Left Party has granted this year’s Clara Zetkin Honorary Award to Kışanak.

Left Party executives briefly detained in Artvin over İstanbul Convention banner

Left Party executives briefly detained in Artvin over İstanbul Convention banner

After the banner declaring the decision withdrawing Turkey from İstanbul Convention null and void was taken down from the Left Party’s Hopa Office, it was first hung on its Borçka Office, then on Artvin Office. The chairs of both offices were briefly detained.

‘Debates on Constitution are a trap set for society’

LEFT PARTY’S BAŞER

‘Debates on Constitution are a trap set for society’

Left Party executives visited main opposition CHP Chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu in Ankara. İlknur Başer from the Left Party addressed the reporters after the meeting: “The AKP has lost its legitimacy in the eyes of society.”

26 February 2021

Delegation from Sweden visits HDP amid arrests

Delegation from Sweden visits HDP amid arrests

Seventeen senior figures of the HDP have been remanded in custody after a new investigation was opened into the 2014 "Kobani protests" in Kurdish-majority provinces.

Politicians from Sweden not allowed to visit Selahattin Demirtaş in prison

Politicians from Sweden not allowed to visit Selahattin Demirtaş in prison

The Left Party Chair and the Deputy Parliamentary Speaker were not given permission by the prison administration to visit Demirtaş.

Left Party of Germany: May Germany Withdraw Its Soldiers from Konya

Left Party of Germany: May Germany Withdraw Its Soldiers from Konya

Left Party of Germany Assembly Group Chair Wagenknecht has demanded that the Germany withdraw its soldiers assigned in NATO base from Konya in protest of Afrin operation.

24 January 2018

German Left Party MP: Ties Between Germany and Turkey Far From Improving

German Left Party MP: Ties Between Germany and Turkey Far From Improving

German Left Party MP Hänsel has said that the ties between Turkey and Germany are “far from improving”.

20 December 2017