FORMER Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtas accused the Turkish state of forging key documents as he launched a searing attack on the government in an Ankara court room today.

He accused President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of “sitting in the seats of the judges” as the so-called Kobani case reopened in the Turkish capital today.

“At a time when politics has become so dirty and corrupt, and immorality became apparent, I want to state that me and my friends who are on trial here today are prosecuted for political reasons,” Mr Demirtas said via video link.