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title: "Council of Europe Committee of Ministers repeats call for release of Demirtaş and Yüksekdağ"
url: https://gazete.tv/en/story/2026-09-19-council-europe-committee-ministers-repeats-call/
lang: en
date: 2026-09-19
updated: 2026-09-19T12:06:28.617Z
category: politics
sources: 7
agreement: single-source
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# Council of Europe Committee of Ministers repeats call for release of Demirtaş and Yüksekdağ

At its meeting on September 15-16, 2026, the committee, citing rulings by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), called on Türkiye to ensure the "immediate release" of former HDP co-chairs Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ. It also requested clarification on whether the new law covers applicants in the Demirtaş case file.

## Who is in this story

- [Council of Europe Committee of Ministers](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/avrupa-konseyi-bakanlar-komitesi/) — Institutions
- [European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/aihm/) — Institutions
- [Selahattin Demirtaş](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/selahattin-demirtas/) — People
- [Figen Yüksekdağ](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/figen-yuksekdag/) — People
- [HDP](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/hdp/) — Parties
- [Grand National Assembly (TBMM)](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/tbmm/) — Institutions

## News sources

- [Avrupa Konseyi'nden Demirtaş ve Figen Yüksekdağ için 'derhal tahliye' çağrısı](https://www.evrensel.net/haber/6001133/avrupa-konseyinden-demirtas-ve-figen-yuksekdag-icin-derhal-tahliye-cagrisi?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_syndication) — Evrensel (opposition) — 2026-09-19
- [AK’den Demirtaş ve Yüksekdağ için çağrı: Derhal serbest bırakılmalılar](https://yeniyasamgazetesi9.com/akden-demirtas-ve-yuksekdag-icin-cagri-derhal-serbest-birakilmalilar/) — Yeni Yaşam (opposition) — 2026-09-19
- [Avrupa Konseyi'nden çağrı: Demirtaş ve Yüksekdağ 'derhal tahliye' edilmeli](https://www.birgun.net/haber/avrupa-konseyi-nden-cagri-demirtas-ve-yuksekdag-derhal-tahliye-edilmeli-735637) — BirGün (opposition) — 2026-09-19
- [Avrupa Konseyi'nden çağrı: Demirtaş ve Yüksekdağ derhal tahliye edilmeli](https://artigercek.com/politika/avrupa-konseyinden-cagri-demirtas-ve-yuksekdag-derhal-tahliye-edilmeli-350680h) — Artı Gerçek (opposition) — 2026-09-19
- [Avrupa Konseyi Demirtaş ve Yüksekdağ için çağrısını yineledi: “Mevcut tüm imkanlar kullanılsın”](https://www.karar.com/guncel-haberler/avrupa-konseyi-demirtas-ve-yuksekdag-icin-cagrisini-yineledi-mevcut-tum-2072913) — Karar (independent) — 2026-09-19
- [Avrupa Konseyi'nden Demirtaş ve Figen Yüksekdağ için 'derhal tahliye' çağrısı](https://www.evrensel.net/haber/6001133/avrupa-konseyi-nden-demirtas-ve-figen-yuksekdag-icin-derhal-tahliye-cagrisi?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_syndication) — Evrensel (opposition) — 2026-09-19
- [Avrupa Konseyi, Demirtaş ve Yüksekdağ için ‘derhal serbest bırakma’ çağrısını yineledi](https://bianet.org/haber/avrupa-konseyi-demirtas-ve-yuksekdag-icin-derhal-serbest-birakma-cagrisini-yineledi-323609) — Bianet (independent) — 2026-09-19

## Other editions

- tr: https://gazete.tv/tr/story/2026-09-19-avrupa-konseyi-bakanlar-komitesi-demirtas-yuksekdag/
- ar: https://gazete.tv/ar/story/2026-09-19-council-europe-committee-ministers-repeats-call/
- ru: https://gazete.tv/ru/story/2026-09-19-komitet-ministrov-soveta-evropy-vnov-prizval/

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