MEPs denounced, on Thursday 8 July, the repression of Turkish opposition parties, in particular the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), a repression “which undermines the proper functioning of the democratic system”.
“The case of the dissolution of the HDP is the culmination of a multi-year crackdown on the party that has seen thousands of party members, officials, MPs, councillors and mayors put on trial, mainly on terrorism-related charges”, MEPs (see EUROPE B12664A34)...