Diyarbakır 5th High Criminal Court has unanimously rejected prosecutor's demand for the release of BDP (Peace and Democracy Party) deputies İbrahim Ayhan and Gülser Yıldırım.

Deputies Ayhan and Yıldırım are being tried in the scope of the so-called KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union) case.

A judge ruling the case presented dissenting opinion defending the release of two jailed deputies of the BDP.

Following the recent landmark judgment of the Constitutional Court in releasing the CHP (Republican People's Party) MP Mustafa Balbay, lawyers for BDP  MPs in custody have applied to the courts for the release of their clients, saying a precedent has been set. Elected BDP deputies have still not been released despite the publication of the reasoned judgment of the Constitutional Court, which cited the 'prolonged period of detention' suffered.