Oct 25, 2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
A Turkish
court on Wednesday charged four members and officials of two pro-Kurdish
political parties for their alleged links with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party
(PKK) two days after they were arrested.
A court in Tekirdag ruled their official arrests after charging them with PKK membership, the news agency added.
The PKK is an armed group struggling for the increased rights of Kurds in Turkey but is proscribed as a terrorist organization by Ankara.
Turkish authorities have arrested thousands of Kurds, especially members of the HDP, for their alleged links with the PKK. Some Turkish officials have claimed that the HDP is the political wing of the PKK - an accusation the HDP has denied.
The HDP fielded candidates for the latest Turkish elections under a sister party following Turkish authorities took legal procedures to close it.
Its sister party, Green Left Party, recently changed its name to Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (HEDEP).
Rudaw
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