TURKEY’S opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) vowed to step up the fight for democracy and “end the isolation system” in the country today amid threats to close the party down.

Its declaration was issued following a series of meetings held in at least 71 different locations under the banner: “HDP supporters are everywhere.”

Delegates gathered for a weekend of debate and discussion focused on the issue of the case to shut the party and a series of anti-Kurdish pogroms which have seen a spate of attacks and murders by pro-government forces.