Thursday, October 8, 2026

Parliament stripped deputy status of HDP deputies Tuğba Hezer and Faysal Sarıyıldız

Turkey's Parliament voted to strip deputy status of HDP Van deputy Tuğba Hezer Öztürk and Şırnak deputy Faysal Sarıyıldız.

Parliament stripped deputy status of HDP deputies Tuğba Hezer and Faysal Sarıyıldız

HDP deputies Tuğba Hezer Öztürk and Faysal Sarıyıldız have lost their seats in the Turkish parliament.

As the parliamentary session on the internal regulation amendment, submitted by the AKP-MHP alliance, continues, the Turkish Parliament has approved a motion for the revocation of the parliamentary membership of Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputies Faysal Sarıyıldız and Tuba Hezer due to “lack of attendance”.

The Turkish parliament has stripped of Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies Tuğba Hezer Öztürk and Faysal Sarıyıldız of their deputy statues due to non-attendance to parliamentary sessions.

The parliament previously stripped former HDP co-chair and Van deputy Figen Yüksekdağ and Diyarbakır deputy Nursel Aydoğan of lawmaker status over definitive court rulings. (EVRENSEL DAILY)

Evrensel cannot be censored: Access to our X account has been blocked under “national security”

Evrensel has become one of the latest targets of the digital censorship carried out by the government in tandem with its "My Family is Safe" operations, that target human rights and LGBTI organizations and rights advocates.

Evrensel cannot be censored: Access to our X account has been blocked under “national security”

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Curator Gregos, discusses the ‘The Cosmopolitans’ exhibition: Looking at the Eastern Mediterranean ‘from here’

EMΣT Art Director Katerina Gregos explains that with the upcoming “The Cosmopolitans” exhibition, they aim to reinterpret the shared memory, migrations, and experiences of coexistence in the Eastern Mediterranean from a perspective outside of Western-centric narratives.

Curator Gregos, discusses the ‘The Cosmopolitans’ exhibition: Looking at the Eastern Mediterranean ‘from here’

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A great loss for the Indian revolutionary movement: Vijay Singh passes away

Prominent academic and revolutionary Vijay Singh, a key figure in the Indian working-class struggle and the international communist movement, has died at the age of 79 after battling health issues.

A great loss for the Indian revolutionary movement: Vijay Singh passes away

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