Turkish prosecutor files case to shut down pro-Kurdish HDP

A top Turkish prosecutor has filed a case in constitutional court demanding the closure of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) party. This comes as a prominent HDP legislator, Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu was stripped of his seat and convicted over a 2016 social media post the courts lablled “terrorist propaganda”.

Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu, a human rights advocate and lawmaker from the People's Democratic Party, or HDP, center. Source: AAP Image/AP Photo