Turkey’s pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) on Sunday elected parliamentarians Pervin Buldan and Sezai Temelli as co-chairs to lead the party amid a wave of arrests targeting its leaders, lawmakers and members. “We will not be a part of accomplice of this dark and lawless period in Turkey’s history,” Buldan said before being elected party co-leader. However, that number has dwindled since the failed coup in 2016. Kemalbay was elected in May to replace Yuksekdag, but stepped down on Sunday. Several left-leaning European political parties were invited to the party congress, including Germany’s The Left Party and Spain’s Podemos.

Source: Egypt Independent February 12, 2018 11:03 UTC