The leader of the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş met members of his family in prison. The Turkish Demokrathaber website reports, that the pictures taken of Demirtaş  with his parents, wife and children, has been released by the HDP office.

Last year Selahattin Demirtaş was arrested on charges of "establishing and leading a terrorist organization" and "spreading hatred and enmity among the people." The prosecutor filed a motion to imprison Demirtaş for 142 years.