Thursday, June 23, 2011

Pro-Kurd party to boycott Turkey's parliament - Europe - Al Jazeera English

"Pro-Kurd party to boycott Turkey's parliament
Move by the BDP could trigger by-elections and raise tensions in the country's southeast.

Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party has decided that all its candidates elected in a June 12 vote will boycott parliament, according to the CNN Turk news channel.

The move by the Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), announced on Thursday, could trigger by-elections and raise tensions in the Kurdish southeast."

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