TURKEY’S Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has vowed to resist any attempts by the state to close the party down, with its five-day march for justice set to start on Monday morning.

Speculation has been growing in the Turkish press over a possible move by the government to ban the opposition party, which has seen an escalation of operations against leading figures and MPs in recent weeks.

HDP spokeswoman Ebru Gunay warned in a press conference that any such attempt was doomed to failure, insisting that the Turkish state cannot suppress the will of the people.

“Many parties have been closed in the past,” she said referring to  HDP predecessor organisations that were banned by the government.

“We were subjected to election thresholds. They have played many games, changed the rules of those games. None of them gave any results and none of them will work.”

She called on social groups and all of those who stand for freedom and democracy to rally to their cause, accusing the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of instructing the judiciary to close down the HDP.

“The people's will is the red line of our political understanding and we will never let it be violated. If there are people that still don't understand, let us say one more time that HDP is opposed to coups and HDP does not compromise,” Ms Gunay said defiantly.

Thousands are expected to join the HDP march for democracy on Monday, which will see co-chair Pervian Buldan lead off from Erdine province where former co-chair Selahattin Demirtas is behind bars.

Her counterpart Mithat Sancar will set off from Hakkari, the constituency of Leyla Guven who was released from jail this week after four days behind bars.

Critics have hit out at the Kemalist Republican Peoples’ Party (CHP) for refusing to join the march over fears of “social unrest,” leaving the HDP to fight alone, while it faces intense pressure from the state.

Ms Buldan said the march, which will arrive in the Turkish capital Ankara on Friday, was not only against the AKP’s “coup against democracy” but also for jobs and against war with the country’s economy in turmoil.

"The main message of the march is a call for an end to wars and a joint struggle for jobs and daily bread so that the problems of democracy, justice, women's freedom, the environment and the Kurdish question prevailing in Turkey can be solved with a democratic solution,” she said.

The party also called for a new constitution as a replacement for one that it says restricts freedoms.