Turkey’s pro-Kurdish HDP party ‘halts legislative efforts’ in parliament after arrest of leaders

‘Turkey’s pro-Kurdish HDP party (Peoples’ Democratic Party) has stated that it will “halt its legislative efforts” in the country’s parliament in the wake of the arrest of its leaders by the Turkish authorities.
“After discussions with our parliamentary group and our central executive board, we have decided to halt our legislative efforts in light of everything that has happened,” party spokesman Ayhan Bilgen said in a statement that was read out and then posted online.’
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