Protesters during a demonstration in Ankara in October 2014 against attacks launched by Islamic State insurgents targeting the Syrian city of Kobane. Halkların Demokratik Partisi Eş Genel Başkanı Hers is a non-fiction work - a collection of essays from women in Kurdish and left-wing politics in Turkey. “Reducing Kurdish alienation through dialogue and compromise just got … The daughter of farmers, she says she’s been devoted to socialism and women’s rights since she distributed her first feminist leaflet in high school. World Peace Day is celebrated on September 1 in Turkey, after the Warsaw Pact’s decision to commemorate the day Germany invaded Poland in 1939, kickstarting World War II. HDP'nin rehin tutulan önceki dönem Eş Genel Başkanı Figen Yüksekdağ’ın tutuklu olduğu davanın duruşması, bugün Ankara … Most HDP members are Kurdish, the ethnic minority that constitutes about 18 percent of the population. In June the HDP will make its formal debut in the general elections. Should it gain more than 10 percent of the votes — and there is a good chance it will — a pro-Kurdish party will for the first time in Turkish history enter the parliament on its own, undiluted by a coalition. Indeed she hasn’t done much else. Behind the scenes of a recent HDP campaign film in Istanbul.
Our only wish is a life where democracy, freedom and fundamental human rights prevail in Turkey, the Middle East, Europe and the world.". “The issue has no legal aspect to it. En sevdiği şiirlerdenmiş, programın sonunda okudu şiiri, çok da güzel okudu. Yüksekdağ: Celladın üzerine yürüyeceğiz!
When temperatures plummet in eastern Turkey, people round up their buffalo, get outside and strip off. The Turkish government accuses the HDP of being a political front for the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ party – which has waged an insurgency against the state since 1984 – but the party denies this. Yüksekdağ is a woman of strong emotions, speaking “the language of her own heart,” as claimed by the foreword of her book. They heal love, that is crippled by patriarchal vulgarity, and plant rose bushes before they gather their skirts up to prepare for a fight. “Sorry to keep you waiting,” she says breezily, smiling widely as she explains they’re putting together a candidate roster that “will change Turkish politics forever.”. She never went to university or had children. Democracy got buried more deeply. "Yıkılacak duvarlar" 1 Eylül'de kitabevlerinde... Halkların Demokratik Partisi (HDP) eski Eş Genel Başkanı Figen Yüksekdağ’ın tutuklu yargılandığı davanın 20'inci duruşması Ankara 16. This website is published within the framework of "Journalism for Rights, Rights for Journalists" -dubbed as BİA3 - project implemented by the IPS Communication Foundation with the financial assistance of the Swedish International development Agency (SIDA).
157K likes. Since local elections in 2019, Ankara has dismissed mayors from at least 51 out of the 65 municipalities the HDP won, accusing them of links to terrorism, and replaced them with government-appointed proxies.
The president makes an important move, committing the U. Figen Yüksekdag, chairwoman of the People's Democratic Party (HDP) in Turkey, poses for a portrait after shooting for a HDP campaign film in a set in Istanbul on May 23, 2015. been devoted to socialism and women’s rights since she distributed her first feminist leaflet in high school. The warrants relate to October 2014 protests in Turkey sparked by the seizure of the mainly Kurdish-Syrian town of Kobane by Islamic State fighters. Mayor among those wanted for unspecified offences during 2014 protests sparked by Isis seizure of Kobane, Last modified on Fri 25 Sep 2020 06.08 EDT. Behind bars in Kocaeli Type F Prison, Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) former Co-Chair Figen Yüksekdağ has responded to the letter of Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Andreas Schieder from Austria.
In 2009, her seat on the board of communist newspaper Atilim landed her in police custody; a court had decided the publication was inciting crime. “They are using the Kobani incidents to create legitimate grounds for their attacks.”. Two former HDP co-chairs, Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ, remain in prison over terrorism charges since 2016. Yüksekdağ’s platform is simple: more autonomy for the Kurds, more rights for women and more social welfare.
Talal Derki is part of a new wave of Syrian artists proving themselves on a global stage. Still, if her appeal takes hold and the HDP becomes a force in the parliament, it could cause a real political tornado — especially for traditionally ostracized groups like women and secularists. He was co-leader of the left-wing pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), serving alongside Figen Yüksekdağ from 2014 to 2018.He has been imprisoned since November 2016.
Of a total of 65 HDP mayors returned in those elections, 47 have now been replaced by unelected officials, with some detained on terror charges, the party said last month.
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