Turkey’s top court froze about $29 million of government aid for a leading pro-Kurdish party that aims to challenge President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in elections later this year.
The Constitutional Court passed the ruling Thursday against the People’s Democratic Party, or HDP, which is involved in a long-running trial on separatism charges.
Leading political parties in Turkey get regular government aid. The amount is usually tripled in election years as parties campaign for votes, so Thursday’s ruling is a blow for an already disorganized opposition ahead of the vote expected this summer.
