A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced an ex-leader of the pro-Kurdish HDP party to 42 years in prison for his alleged role in deadly 2014 protests.
![The Turkish government is trying to ban the HDP [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/2021-06/GettyImages-1231853121.jpg?h=5d059bf2&itok=MtIdElBl)
![hdp rally [SOPA Images/LightRocket]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/media/images/F357D454-6BB7-4630-A394-972E28B628F1.png?h=d1cb525d&itok=NHucVi8D "hdp rally [SOPA Images/LightRocket]")
![Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/media/images/93EB8AE7-1D0C-4239-B53B-AAEB08F3BB8A.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=AIWvxKUa "Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu [Getty]")
![HDP [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/media/images/57CA513B-E448-4448-AC02-E9748073F42C.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=qGW_ZqiU "HDP [Getty]")
![Turkey police [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/media/images/D30BF7F8-7062-421D-B8D3-82F55AE160EF.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=1iM4wUvq "Turkey police [Getty]")
