Selahattin Demirtaş and Sırrı Süreyya Önder
A Turkish court approved a sentence of four years and eight months in prison for former head of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş for spreading propaganda of an armed terrorist group.
A three-year and six month prison sentence was also approved for HDP lawmaker Sırrı Süreyya Önder.
Around a dozen HDP lawmakers are currently in prison pending trial for terrorism-related offenses after their parliamentary immunity was lifted in May 2016.
Turkey's government believes the HDP has links to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and EU.
A Turkish court has ruled that the former co-chair of Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş to remain in prison, his lawyer said on Twitter on Friday.Ten days ago the European Court of Human Rights asked Turkey to process Demirtaş' legal case, saying his pre-trial detention had gone on longer than could be justified. EU Foreign Affairs Chief Federica Mogherini also called for his release during a visit to Ankara last week. 
Turkish court rules to keep HDP co-chair Demirtaş in jail
At least 20 people including former officials of the opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) were arrested in Turkey's western Izmir province for their suspected links to PKK/KCK terror group, security sources said Monday. The arrests came after Izmir and Menemen Public Prosecutor’s Offices issued arrest warrants for 28 people, who were allegedly spreading the terror group’s propaganda, said sources who asked not to be named, due to restrictions on speaking to the media.The HDP’s former provincial co-chair M.G. and former Menemen district head M.A. were among the arrested suspects, the sources said.A police hunt for other suspects is underway.In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK -- listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU -- has been responsible for the deaths of nearly 40,000 people.PKK terrorists abuse, rape female membersTurkey remands 12 PKK terrorists plotting Istanbul attack
Twenty arrested for suspected PKK/KCK links in Turkey