İSTANBUL – The street of the party building of HDP has been blockaded  by the police before the “democracy march” which is announced to start tomorrow from both Edirne and Hakkari, targeting to reach the Turkish capital after a week. 

 

Due to the “Democracy march against coup” announced to be started tomorrow by Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) from Edirne and Hakkari to Ankara, many cities including Edirne, Tekirdağ and Kocaeli, which are on the route of the march, are introduced entry restrictions. In addition, the party building and the street of the building in Beyoğlu, İstanbul are blockaded by the police. Police wait with “TOMA” riot control vehicles and Akrep (“Scorpion” ) type armored vehicles in front of the HDP Provincial Organization building. 

 

INTIMIDATION

 

HDP İstanbul Co-Chair Elif Bulut shared the information that police came in front of the party building on the grounds of a “press statement”.  Noting that she told the police that they have no planned press statement, Bulut said “Even though we told them we have no press statement, the police won’t leave our street. They are trying to put HDP under blockage before the march. The pass-byers are given instruction by the police not to walk in this street. Riot forces wait at the other end of the street where the building is located. Vehicles and cops wait in the back streets. They tow away the vehicles parked on the street, they do not allow any vehicles to park. Even though we tell them we have no scheduled event, they keep saying ‘We received information, we will wait’.  With such an application they try to intimidate HDP before the democracy march.”