A delegation from the Party of European Socialists (PES) wanted to pay a visit to HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş who is imprisoned in Edirne province.

Turkish police prevented the PES delegation, led by PES President Sergei Stanishev, who therewith made a press statement in front of the Edirne Prison.

Stanishev protested the obstruction, saying political prisoners have rights.

The PES delegation is expected to visit the Cumhuriyet daily and the CHP in the afternoon.

List of the members of PES Delegation who went to visit Demirtaş today in Edirne is as follows:

Sergei Stanishev: President; PES 

Hannes Weninger: Member of parliament; SPO, Austria

Arne Lietz: Member of the European Parliament; SPD, Germany 

Pia Locatelli: Chair of the Human Rights Committee of the; PSI, Italy

Marietta Tidei: Member of parliament; PD, Italy; Foreign Affair Commission, Italian Parliament

Brando Benifei: Member of the European Parliament; PD, Italy 

Marie Granlund: Member of Parliament, Social democratic; SAP, Sweden; Group leader, committee on EU affairs

Jens Orbach: Former Minister of Integration; SAP, Sweden; Secretary General of Olof Palme Center 

Johan Buser: Member of Parliament, Social democratic; SAP, Sweden

Marie Rose Koro: Consular Adviser, Turkey; National Assistant Secretary for the Francophonie; PS, France

Giacomo Filibeck: Deputy Secretary General; PES, Italy

Lorenza Tiberi: Adviser of the President Office; PES, Italy