In the last 45 days ahead of Turkey’s parliamentary and presidential elections on June 24, more than 200 members of pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) have been detained, 16 HDP members have been jailed and various party offices have been attacked more than 50 times, according to a report released by the HDP on Tuesday.
According to the report, the government of Justice and Development Party (AKP) led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan have increased pressure and attacks against the HDP. Out of the HDP members targeted due to the party’s key role in the elections, at least 208 have been detained and 16 arrested in the last 45 days. There have also been at least 57 attacks against party offices within the same time frame.
According to the report, the attacks started on April 28 and continued up until the day the report was issued. The report also mentions district and province chairs and dozens of party members being detained during their campaign, and that young people were detained for chanting slogans. HDP convoys, campaign office openings and rallies have all been carried out under blockades.
HDP’s Co-chair Sezai Temelli has also been prevented from going abroad to campaign, his passport was confiscated and he was not allowed to leave the country. Police threatened campaigning HDP members and prevented them from dancing the halay, as well as from putting up party banners in party offices. The report also included the attack against the convoy including HDP co-chair Pervin Buldan in Nazilli and against voters in Ankara following Temelli’s popular meeting in the city.
The attack against Kurdish construction workers in Karapürçek, Ankara and the attack when a truck driver rammed his vehicle into the HDP election bus in Kayseri province were also included in the report.
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