Kristina Jovanovski 03/09/2021 The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has played crucial roles in recent elections, leading to key losses for the Turkish president’s party There are fears a court investigation into Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party will lead to it being banned, but Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is unlikely to shut it down, analysts said. The U.S. representative for the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Giran Ozcan, told The Media Line his party fears it could be banned after the current investigation into its alleged links to militants, saying that a possible ban will depend on whether Erdogan sees it as beneficial.