04.11.2026 13:23
A new decision has been made in the case in which former HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş is being tried in Diyarbakır on 5 separate charges. The court accepted the request by Demirtaş's lawyers to consolidate the files and ruled that the case be consolidated with the file at the Mersin 14th Criminal Court of First Instance.
A new development has occurred in the case in which former HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş is being tried in Diyarbakır. Diyarbakır 18th Criminal Court of First Instance accepted the request by Demirtaş's lawyers to consolidate the case files.
COURT DECISION TO CONSOLIDATE THE FILES
Demirtaş's lawyers requested that the case being heard in Diyarbakır be consolidated with the cases being conducted with similar charges at the Ankara 22nd High Criminal Court and the Mersin 14th Criminal Court of First Instance.
The Diyarbakır 18th Criminal Court of First Instance, which evaluated the request during the hearing, decided to consolidate the files.
In line with the court's decision of lack of jurisdiction, the case file in Diyarbakır was sent to the Mersin 14th Criminal Court of First Instance.
UP TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON SOUGHT
A case was filed against Selahattin Demirtaş on 5 different charges due to 7 separate events he attended in Diyarbakır in 2016.
The following charges are included in the file in which Demirtaş is being tried:
Openly inciting the commission of a crime
Openly inciting the public to hatred and hostility
Praising a crime and a criminal
Organizing, directing and participating in the activities of unlawful meetings and demonstrations
Openly denigrating the Turkish nation, the State of the Republic of Turkey, the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, the Government of the Republic of Turkey and the judicial organs of the state
Within the scope of the charges in question, a prison sentence of 9 to 15 years is sought for Demirtaş.
With the decision taken, the trial process of the file in Diyarbakır will continue through the case file in Mersin.