Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) released the text of its demands from the Turkish government to solve the crisis after elected BDP members refused to take parliamentary oath in order to protest continuous imprisonment of elected independent candidates.

The BDP met AKP representatives yesterday and today but talks ended apparently without a common position.

BDP demands all candidates must be released from prison and Hatip Dicle should be given his deputyship back which was stripped by the High Election Board right after the election. For this BDP proposed constitutional amendments.

BDP also demanded amendments in election laws.

BDP underlined that the place where solutions can be discussed and found is the Turkish parliament and BDP deputies are willing to take parliamentary oath and start negotiations.

It's reported that ruling AKP rejected the demands by BDP.

The BDP party won 36 seats in last month's elections.  The pro-Kurdish deputies are calling for the government to introduce legal reform to secure the release of five deputies being held under Turkey's anti-terror laws.  

A sixth imprisoned Kurdish deputy, Hatip Dicle, lost his seat because of a conviction for a speech he made that was considered seditious.