The HDP Central Executive Board called on people via social media to join protests against ISIS and against the Turkish government’s embargo. The demonstrations were met with violence. Official figures say 37 people died most of them protesters.
The HDP members were subsequently charged in 2016 with 37 cases of homicide, and disrupting the unity and territorial integrity of the state.
This is an abridged version of a report published by
Bianet, which is covering the trial.
Before the hearing, HDP co-chairs Mithat Sancar and Pervin Buldan addressed a crowd of supporters and media in front of the court. The police ordered the gathering to disperse, on the grounds of social distancing amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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