content tagged with meral danış-beştaş

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

HDP MP Danış-Beştaş protests ban on Kurdish music with a Kurdish song at Parliament

HDP MP Danış-Beştaş protests ban on Kurdish music with a Kurdish song at Parliament

HDP Parliamentary Group Deputy Chair Meral Danış-Beştaş held a press conference at the Parliament and talked about several current issues in Turkey, including a music band being prevented from singing in Kurdish in İstanbul’s Taksim.

1 February 2022

Prisoners probed for protesting suspicious death of Garibe Gezer in prison

Prisoners probed for protesting suspicious death of Garibe Gezer in prison

HDP Parliamentary Group Deputy Chair Danış-Beştaş has announced that a disciplinary investigation has been launched against the prisoners who protested the suspicious death of Garibe Gezer in Kandıra Prison in Kocaeli.

13 December 2021

'Wounds heal not by forgetting, but by facing them'

HDP'S DANIŞ-BEŞTAŞ

'Wounds heal not by forgetting, but by facing them'

HDP's Danış-Beştaş has slammed MHP Burhaniye Chair Kurt, who “condemned” the panel discussion on male violence, where HDP’s Gülüm will also speak, and “invited everyone who loves their land, nation and flag in front of the conference hall.”

23 November 2021

‘The murderers of Deniz Poyraz are the ones who put up tents at HDP's doors’

DANIŞ-BEŞTAŞ

‘The murderers of Deniz Poyraz are the ones who put up tents at HDP's doors’

The ruling AKP has targeted the HDP over the families sitting in tents in front of the HDP offices, alleging that their children were taken to the mountains. HDP’s Danış-Beştaş has reminded the AKP of how Deniz Poyraz was killed in the HDP İzmir office.

19 November 2021

From HDP to Erdoğan: The best news would be your leaving

From HDP to Erdoğan: The best news would be your leaving

HDP Group Deputy Chair Danış-Beştaş said, “Erdoğan said he would announce good news tomorrow. The best news would be your leaving. People are poor and unemployed, prisons are full, pandemic measures are not taken, everyone is faced with death.”

HDP MP’s Parliamentary Question on ISIS Rejected: It Doesn’t Comply with By-law

HDP MP’s Parliamentary Question on ISIS Rejected: It Doesn’t Comply with By-law

HDP MP Danış Beştaş’s parliamentary question on ISIS to be responded by Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu has been rejected by the Parliamentary Speaker’s Office on the ground that “it does not comply with the provisions of the by-law.”