Top Turkish court rules former HDP co-chair’s abolition of immunity was violation of her right to be elected

Top Turkish court rules former HDP co-chair’s abolition of immunity was violation of her right  to be elected
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Update: 16 July 2022 17:14
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The resumption of Figen Yuksekdag’s trial after she was elected to Parliament was a violation of her right to be elected, Turkey’s Constitutional Court decided

A Turkish MP suffered a violation of her right to stand for election, Turkey’s Constitutional Court (AYM) decided on Friday. 

AYM ruled that stripping Figen Yuksekoglu, the former Co-Chair of the HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party) from her parliamentary immunity in a case she was tried after being elected as a deputy was a violation of her right to be elected, Mezopotamya Agency reported.

“We will intensify our struggle for justice so that Yuksekdag and all our elected officials regain their seized rights and freedoms” said People’s Democratic Party (HDP) on its Twitter account. 

Figen Yuksekdag stood trial charged with “terorizm propaganda” on the grounds that she attended the commemoration of a member of the Marxist-Leninist Communist Party (MLKP) before she was elected to the parliament, and that trial could not be a reason to abolish her immunity and to take her away from her political activities, AYM stated.

AYM decided to pay Yuksekdag 30 thousand TL for non-pecuniary damage due to the violations.