Erdogan’s crackdown on pro-Kurdish party plays into the hands of Turkey’s enemies
By Nick Danforth November 4 at 11:41 AM
In the early hours of Nov. 4, Turkish police arrested 12 members of the predominantly Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party, including co-chairs Selahattin Demirtas and Figen Yuksekdag. The arrests will almost certainly escalate the country's ongoing war with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), not only further undermining Turkey’s democracy and stability but increasing the likelihood that Turkish-Kurdish tensions will compromise the U.S. campaign against the Islamic State in northern Syria.
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