Turkey Court Accepts Indictment Against HPD Deputies

HDP Co-Chair Figen Yuksekdag (Source: Anadolu Agency)

HDP Co-Chair Figen Yuksekdag (Source: Anadolu Agency)

IZMIR, Turkey (Anadolu Agency)—A court in the western province of İzmir has accepted an indictment against the Kurdish issue-focused Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (HDP) co-chair and two other party lawmakers on terror charges, seeking up to five years in jail, a judiciary source said on November 28.

The Ä°zmir Public Prosecutor’s Office had charged HDP co-chair Figen YüksekdaÄŸ, who is in jail on terror charges, and HDP deputy Erdal AtaÅŸ with “making propaganda for a terrorist organization.â€

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