Violence in Turkey Could Affect Election
By Linda Gradstein | The Media Line
September 14, 2015
Some fear return to daily clashes
A two and a half year cease-fire between the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) collapsed this month with a roadside attack that killed 16 Turkish soldiers. It is the highest single attack death toll on the Turkish military since the end of the 1990’s, and Erdogan responded with air strikes on PKK bases in Iraq.
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