Dansk Interparlamentarisk Gruppes bestyrelse 2023-24
IPU Alm.del Bilag 12
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16.05.2024
URGENT: CALL FROM THE DEM PARTY REGARDING THE UNLAWFUL VERDICTS IN THE
KOBANI CASE
In 2014, with ISIS on the brink of taking over the city of Kobani, massive and democratic
protests erupted worldwide, including in many cities in Turkey. During these protests, 46
civilians, 34 of whom were members and supporters of the HDP, were killed by pro-ISIS
groups, with provocation from Turkey’s security forces.
Despite the decision by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), which made it clear that
the HDP could not be considered responsible for the violence, the current government
persisted in launching a court case against the HDP’s executive members, including co-chairs
Figen Yüksekdağ and Selahattin Demirtaş. The defendants refuted all allegations, but the court
proceeded with the trials under clear political influence. Judicial malpractice was evident from
the beginning, when the initial judge was found to be a member of a criminal organisation,
and was blatant throughout. The court has unjustly sentenced many HDP politicians on
baseless allegations.
The unlawful verdicts are as follows;
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SELAHATTİN DEMİRTAŞ
(Co-chair of HDP) 42,5 years imprisonment
FİGEN YÜKSEKDAĞ
(Co-chair of HDP) 30 years and 3 months imprisonment
ALP ALTINÖRS
(Member of HDP Executive Board) 22,5 years imprisonment
NAZMİ GÜR
(Deputy Co-chair for Foreign Affairs and Member of the PACE) 22,5 years
imprisonment
ZEKİ ÇELİK
(Member of HDP Executive Board) 22,5 years imprisonment
ZEYNEP KARAMAN
(Member of HDP Executive Board) 22,5 years imprisonment
PERVİN ODUNCU
(Member of HDP Executive Board) 22,5 years imprisonment
GÜNAY KUBİLAY
(Speaker and member of the executive board of HDP) 20,5 years
imprisonment
İSMAİL ŞENGÜL
(Member of HDP Executive Board) 20,5 years imprisonment
DİLEK YAĞLI
(Member of HDP Executive Board) 20 years imprisonment
BÜLENT PARMAKSIZ
(Member of HDP Executive Board) 18 years imprisonment
ALİ ÜRKÜT
(Member of HDP Executive Board) 17 years imprisonment
CİHAN ERDAL
(Member of HDP Executive Board) 16 years imprisonment
Address:
Barbaros Mah. Büklüm Cad. No: 117 06680 Çankaya / Ankara / Türkiye
Tel:
+90 312 4271780 (PBX)
Fax:
+90 312 428 8957
Web:
www. demparti.org.tr
E-Mail:
[email protected]
 IPU, Alm.del - 2023-24 - Bilag 12: The Kobani Case
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GÜLTAN KIŞANAK
(Mayor of Diyarbakir Metropolitan Municipality) 12 years
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imprisonment
SEBAHAT TUNCEL
(Former MP and Executive Member of HDP Women Assembly) 12 years
imprisonment
ZEYNEP ÖLBECİ
(Member of HDP Executive Board) 11,5 years imprisonment
AHMET TÜRK
(Mayor of Mardin Metropolitan Municipality) 10 years imprisonment
EMİNE AYNA
(Former MP and Member of HDP Women Assembly) 10 years imprisonment
AYLA AKAT ATA
(Former MP and Executive Member of HDP Women Assembly) 9 years
and 9 months imprisonment
AYNUR AŞAN
(Member of the HDP Assembly) 9 years imprisonment
AYŞE YAĞCI
(Member of the HDP Assembly) 9 years imprisonment
MERYEM ADIBELLİ
(Member of HDP Executive Board) 9 years imprisonment
MESUT BAĞCIK
(Member of the HDP Assembly) 9 years imprisonment
NEZİR ÇAKAN
(Member of HDP Executive Board) 9 years imprisonment
The decisions made by the court regarding HDP politicians stand in direct contradiction to the
ECHR’s ruling and Turkiye's constitution. These verdicts are illegal for our party and our
people.
We urgently call on all individuals and organisations that stand for human rights and
fundamental democratic values to denounce these unlawful decisions and uphold the
ECHR’s verdict.
Ebru Günay & Berdan Öztürk
Co-Speakers of the DEM Party Foreign Affairs Commission
Address:
Barbaros Mah. Büklüm Cad. No: 117 06680 Çankaya / Ankara / Türkiye
Tel:
+90 312 4271780 (PBX)
Fax:
+90 312 428 8957
Web:
www. demparti.org.tr
E-Mail:
[email protected]