The European Parliament has adopted a resolution condemning the ongoing repression the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), a formation that unites Kurdish forces and the left by the Turkish government. The signatories of the document stress that this retreat “reveals the dire human rights situation in Turkey and the continued erosion of democracy and the rule of law.”
The text was approved with 603 votes in favour and only two against. Promoted by Christian Democrats, Social Democrats, Greens and Leftists, it condemns “the repression of opposition political parties, particularly the HDP, and urged the government to ensure that all parties can freely and fully exercise their legitimate activities in accordance with the basic principles of a pluralist and democratic system.”
The European politicians express “deep concern” about “this serious backsliding on the freedom of the opposition parties to function” in Turkey.