2021–present Peoples' Democratic Party closure case

2021–present Peoples' Democratic Party closure case
CourtConstitutional Court of Turkey
Full case name Chief Public Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeals of Turkey, in the name of the People of the Republic of Turkey, v. Peoples' Democratic Party
Court membership
Chief judgeZühtü Arslan (president)
  • Hasan Tahsin Gökcan
  • Kadir Özkaya (vice presidents)
Associate judges
  • Engin Yıldırım
  • Muammer Topal
  • Emin Kuz
  • Rıdvan Güleç
  • Recai Akyel
  • Yusuf Şevki Hakyemez
  • Yıldız Seferinoğlu
  • Selahaddin Menteş
  • Basri Bağcı
  • İrfan Fidan
  • Kenan Yaşar
  • Muhterem İnce
Laws applied
Constitution §§ 68/4, 69/6
Political Parties Law §§ 101/1-b, 103/2
Keywords
  • party closure

The Peoples' Democratic Party closure case refers to a legal procedure during which the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) is threatened with closure while hundreds of its politicians face a political ban for five years. The HDP was accused to have organizational ties with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). While the party's closure case was ongoing, HDP decided to transfer its political activities to the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM).

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