HDP faces being shut down after passing of controversial new law in Turkey targeting NGOs and civil society groups
TURKEY’S opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has said that as many as 20,000 of its supporters have been detained since 2016 — and there are fears the party will be closed down after the passage of a much criticised new law. The shocking statistics, announced on Saturday, have met an international wall of silence as the Turkish state continues to wage the biggest clampdown on a legal social democratic party since the second world war. HDP co-deputy head for local government Salim Kaplan said that “since 2016, 20,000 of our members have been taken into custody and more than ...
Source: morningstaronline.co.uk