HDP in the USA

05/29/2020

Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney cites HDP MP Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu on the situation of political prisoners in Turkey amid the coronavirus pandemic in her letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. More and more members of Congress are standing up against the AKP government's autocratic policies.

05/25/2020

While other governments fight coronavirus, Erdogan cracks down on democracy. In the past few weeks alone, the AKP government has:

▶️ Stolen HDP municipalities.
▶️ Attacked elected officials.
▶️ Targeted women's activists.

Read the full statement: https://hdp.org.tr/en/the-governments-onslaught-on-the-hdp-continues-amid-the-fight-against-the-coronavirus/14288

05/18/2020

Six members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs sent a letter criticizing the AKP government's discriminatory policies that have left political prisoners, including elected HDP officials, at increased risk for coronavirus.

Read it here ⬇️
https://trone.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-trone-leads-letter-pompeo-regarding-turkey-s-prisoner-release-policies

05/16/2020

Elected officials in the U.S. are standing with their democratically elected HDP counterparts in Turkey, and opposing the illegitimate AKP takeover of our municipalities.
https://twitter.com/FrankPallone/status/1261698389399482368
https://twitter.com/RepDarrenSoto/status/1261704359550881796

05/15/2020

The AKP government's illegitimate and undemocratic attack on HDP municipalities, by the numbers.

Read our Foreign Affairs Commission Co-Spokespersons' statement here: https://hdp.org.tr/en/five-more-hdp-municipalities-seized-amidst-the-fight-against-the-coronavirus/14256

12/19/2019

‪Our co-chairs Pervin Buldan and Sezai Temelli met with US ambassador to Turkey, Mr David Satterfield at our headquarters. In their meeting, the parties discussed the Turkey-US relations and the latest developments in the region.‬

11/15/2019

Our Mission to the United States has met with both Sen. Chris Van Hollen and Sen. Marsha Blackburn to discuss the importance of peace and democracy in Turkey.

We are encouraged to see them standing up for pro-peace voices with this resolution:https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/sres418/BILLS-116sres418is.pdf

11/04/2019

Rep. Jamie Raskin calls for the freedom of Selahattin Demirtaş on the third anniversary of Demirtas' arrest.

Read his full statement here: https://raskin.house.gov/media/press-releases/raskin-calls-release-kurdish-political-prisoner-selahattin-demirta-held-turkey

10/22/2019

10/18/2019

Thank you Rep. Lois Frankel for your time today and your opposition to the Turkish government’s invasion of Northern Syria and the abandonment of the Kurdish people. Responsible Members of Congress can and should continue to work to reverse this humanitarian catastrophe.