10th anniversary of Demirtaş and Yüksekdağ's imprisonment: DEM Party to make a statement in front of the prisons

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party will mark the 10th anniversary of the November 4, 2016 detention of former HDP co-chairs Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ with prison visits and statements outside Edirne and Kandıra prisons. The party’s current co-chairs will meet the two jailed politicians and then address the press at both facilities. Demirtaş and Yüksekdağ have remained imprisoned since the 2016 crackdown, making the anniversary a focal point for Turkey’s Kurdish political movement. The events are largely symbolic, with no direct market or policy decision attached, but they keep attention on detention conditions and the government’s handling of the opposition ahead of any future legal or political opening.