A woman holds up a photo of Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtas in a demonstration to protest against the Turkish government's policy on November 4, 2016, in Frankfurt, Germany (Photo: Boris Roessler, DPA/AFP)
Victims wrapped in blankets lay on a rural road while relatives wait for tractors to take them to the village of Roboski in the Kurdish province of Sirnak, Dec. 29, 2011. (Photo: DHA)
In this file photo, the then-co-chair of the HDP Selahattin Demirtaş delivers a speech in Istanbul during a rally, Istanbul, Turkey, June 5, 2016. (Photo: AFP)
Hifzullah Kutum, a research assistant at Fırat University who was detained by the Turkish police after posting Biji Kurdistan (Long Live Kurdistan) and pictures of Kurdish leaders on his social media. (Photo: Duvar English)