Turkey: Prosecutor requests lifting of immunity from pro-Kurdish MPs Nine members of the HDP, including its co-leader, have been accused of inciting violence during a 2014 protest HDP co-chairs Pervin Buldan (3rd R) and Mithat Sancar (2nd L) hold a press conference with MPs outside parliament in Ankara on 1 October 2020 (AFP) By Published date: 19 February 2021 15:13 UTC | Last update: 1 month 3 weeks ago Turkish prosecutors have requested that nine MPs of the pro-Kurdish People's Democracy Party (HDP) have their parliamentary immunity removed, opening the way for their arrest over protests in 2014. The request comes amid soaring tensions between the HDP and Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), following a row over the government's handling of a hostage crisis that saw 13 Turkish citizens killed by Kurdish militants last week.