A top Turkish court on Thursday suspended funding for the main pro-Kurdish party ahead of its possible ban over alleged terrorism ties. The constitutional court decision deprives the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) — parliament’s second-largest opposition group — of a key source of income heading into a general election due by June. President Recep Tayyip […]
A top Turkish court on Thursday suspended funding for the main pro-Kurdish party ahead of its possible ban over alleged terrorism ties. The constitutional court decision deprives the Peoples' Democratic Party -- parliament's second-largest opposition group -- of a key source of income heading into a general election due by June. President Recep Tayyip…
The constitutional court decision deprives the Peoples’ Democratic Party — parliament’s second-largest opposition group — of a key source of income heading into a general election due by June. Thousands of supporters and dozens of its current and former officials currently languish in jail on highly contentious charges that have strained Turkey’s relations with leading allies in the West.
Emma Sinclair-Webb of Human Rights Watch of said the decision offered more proof “that Erdogan’s government uses courts to disadvantage, remove and punish the political opposition”.The HDP’s future could play a major role in deciding Erdogan’s success in parliamentary and presidential elections that pose one of the stiffest challenges of his two-decade rule.Chief prosecutor Bekir Sahin is due to argue his case in court on Tuesday.
The party holds 56 of parliament’s 579 seats and usually votes together with other opposition parties.
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