The wife of a pro-PKK party’s jailed former leader has dropped out of the mayoral race for Istanbul as opposition parties hold last-minute bargains ahead.
The co-chairs of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Pervin Buldan and Mithat Sancar, have announced that they will not rerun for the party leadership at the first HDP congress after the elections as they have not reached the targeted success in the May 14 polls.
Pervin Buldan and Mithat Sancar, the co-chairs of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), known for its alleged ties to the outlawed PKK terrorist group,.
Selahattin Demirtaş, former co-leader of the People’s Democracy Party (HDP), has announced his decision to quit active politics in a move that follows the parliamentary and presidential polls in May.