Turkey: In the crosshairs of the deputies HDP

Turkey: In the crosshairs of the deputies HDP




Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu today called on the Turkish Grand National Assembly to waive the immunity of the two co-chairs and other parliamentary Party of the Peoples Republic (HDP), to be tried on charges of belonging to a terrorist organization.

If this happens, it is certain that tensions will further escalate in the Southeast, where much of the population belong to the Kurdish minority, and where raging worst wave of violence over the past two decades after the collapse in July, the two-year truce he had declared the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called repeatedly to put on trial the deputies of HDP, a party which, as states, is the political wing of the PKK.

The Davutoglu's office submitted a request to lift the immunity of the co-chairs of HDP, the Selahattin Demirtas and Fiegen Giouksekntag, as well as the immunity of MPs Selma Irmak, MP Sirri Sureyya intestine and MP Ertugrul Kiourktsou, said parliamentary officials told Reuters news agency .

Politicians they refute the accusation of belonging to an armed terrorist group and harboring hatred.

"The behavior of those who exploit the" immunity of ex cathedra "and offend the collective consciousness can not be judged (within the framework of parliamentary) immunity," said Davutoglu told reporters.

The war between Kurdish separatists and armed forces of Turkey, a NATO member state, is complicated by the actions of armed organizations on the other side of the border with Syria. The Syrian Kurds are close allies of the United States of America in the war against the jihadists of the Islamic State (IR), but Ankara considers them closely linked to the PKK terrorists and their features.

Only Demirtas is the chief target of about 60 cases in which it has been requested by the Turkish Parliament to lift the immunity, some of which relate to that had called demonstrations. To date, there had been no moves by the Turkish parliament that would open the way to face trial.

"Revenge";

"Erdogan is certain personally with us, especially with me and some other friends. Leads the fury of revenge, "said Demirtas reporters this week, linking the movement against the rulers of HDP with the electoral success of the party last year, which deprived the absolute majority of the ruling Justice and Development Party ( AKP), which Erdogan has founded.

The HDP, exceeding the limit of 10% of the vote nationwide, became the first party with Kurdish radicals entered the Turkish parliament descending independently in the general elections in June. In this way, the AKP denied the opportunity to proceed with its plan Erdogan to transform the political system presidents.

The Demirtas stressed that opposes violence and wants to be a negotiated solution to the war lasting three decades between the Turkish state and the PKK, an organization by Ankara, the US and EU consider a terrorist. The war has killed at least 40,000 people.

The request Davutoglu officially has occasion the HDP MPs calls for self-determination of the Kurds at the party congress in December.

If the relevant committee of the Turkish National Assembly in favor of the lifting of parliamentary immunity, this request will be considered and a vote in plenary. To obtain approval required a simple majority.

In 1994-when also recorded major outbreak of violence-had lifted the immunity of deputies Kurds because they had spoken in their native language in the Turkish parliament. Four deputies spent a decade in prison, which denounced western partners of Turkey.

To finish the business in a part of Diyarbakir

Enterprises of Turkish security forces in the southeastern town of Diyarbakir Sur area is expected to be completed soon, he said today the Turkish Interior Minister.

The Efkan Ala made these statements at a joint press conference held in Ankara with the participation of Foreign Ministers of Justice and Interior of Turkey and Belgium. Yesterday the authorities announced the termination respective firms in the border town Intil.

Turkish security forces launched operations in towns and villages in the mainly Kurdish southeastern Turkey in order to oust the militants of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), who have dug trenches and have raised barricades in residential areas, claiming autonomy.