Pulling no punches: Turkey’s Kurds
This week lawmakers will vote on rescinding parliamentary immunity, enabling the prosecution of dozens of politicians from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) on charges of supporting banned militant groups. The HDP says President Recep Tayyip Erdogan simply wants to crush Turkey’s most vocal political opposition. The issue has already led to brawls: silver-haired MPs throwing punches, leg kicks and water bottles. Violence outside parliament is still more ominous.
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