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Selahattin Demirtaş
Selahattin Demirtaş (born 10 April 1973) is a Kurdish politician, lawyer and author. He was the co-leader of the left-wing pro- Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), serving alongside Figen Yüksekdağ from 2014 to 2018. Selahattin Demirtaş announced that he left politics after the May 2023 elections. Demirtaş was the presidential candidate of the HDP in the 2014 presidential election, coming in third place. He led the HDP to gather 13.1% at the June 2015 parliament elections and 10.7% in the snap elections in November 2015, coming 4th in each election. He has been imprisoned since 4 November 2016 and despite his imprisonment the HDP fielded Demirtaş as its candidate for the 2018 presidential election, running his campaign from prison. In a judgement given in December 2020, the European Court of Human Rights judged that, given "the timing of Demirtaş continued detention (coinciding with an important constitutional referendum and the presidential election)" and Tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Turkish Presidential Election
Presidential elections were held in Turkey on 24 June 2018 as part of the 2018 Turkish general election, 2018 general election, alongside 2018 Turkish parliamentary election, parliamentary elections on the same day. They were the first presidential elections held after constitutional amendments were approved in a 2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, 2017 referendum. The elections were originally scheduled for November 2019. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Erdoğan and MHP Chairman Devlet Bahçeli, Bahçeli called for early elections, giving as reason to "not wait any longer" for the entry into force of the 2017 Turkish constitutional referendum, 2017 constitutional amendments. Following this, with the 2018 elections, the office of Prime minister of Turkey, prime minister was abolished and the 66th cabinet of Turkey, first government under the presidential system took office. Incumbent President Erdoğan declared his candidacy for the People's Alliance (Turkey), People's Alli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
