Turkish authorities on Sunday detained nine people suspected of involvement in a night of violence
A car bomb killed eight people and wounded more than 100 in southeastern Turkey’s largest city on Friday
The assembly was set to hold two further votes on elements of the bill on Friday which will determine the final outcome
Selahattin Demirtas said the international community should call on the Turkish government and the PKK for a ceasfire
The authorities accuse the HDP of acting as the political arm of the outlawed PKK
The premier’s blackballing of the HDP from discussions comes as the army wages a relentless campaign against Kurdish militants
Davutoglu said HDP’s politics was rooted in violence
The fighting erupted despite a pledge by the PKK to suspend all offensive actions ahead of Turkey’s snap elections
HDP leader Selahattin Demirtas reaffirmed his party’s claim that 128 people were killed, far higher than the official toll
Images on social media appeared to show the body of Birlik, 24, being dragged by the neck behind an armoured vehicle through the streets of Sirnak
Turkey’s crackdown on the PKK began in July after a 2 1/2-year-old ceasefire collapsed and has escalated ahead of a snap national election on Nov. 1
The resignations were seen as dealing a further setback to the peace process and ceasefire between the government and PKK
The curfew, enforced as the army battles Kurdish militants, had first been put in place on the evening of September 4
Deadly clashes between security forces and Kurdish militants could significantly impact voter turnout
The Dutch reporter was put on trial on charges of spreading ‘terrorist propaganda’ for the PKK
Turkey began an air campaign against PKK camps in northern Iraq on July 24
Co-leader Selahattin Demirtaş says ISIS cells are ‘waiting orders to stage incidents in hundreds of places in Turkey’
The June 5 attack on an HDP pre-election rally in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir, caused by a bomb stuffed with ball bearings
HDP said June elections would lack legitimacy if a threshold for parliamentary representation deprived it of representation
Uca is HDP’s fourth candidate from the Kurdish-dominated southeastern province of Diyarbakır
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