Turkey says 14 militants killed as operations against PKK continue

The HDP identified the three women as Seve Demir, Pakize Nayir and Fatma Uyar. “Instead, he seems determined to crush the Kurds in the political arena as well as on the battlefield by accusing an HDP leader, Selahattin Demirtas, of treachery for calling for self-rule for Kurds”, the publication observed. Local media reported that five HDP members were detained.

After ahttp://www.theworldweekly.com/reader/view/magazine/2015-10-15/turkeys-perfect-storm/5267 bomb attack by Islamic State killed over 100 Kurdish peace protesters in October, the country was as tense as many Turks could remember, as The World Weekly examined at the time. Opposition parties see improving minority rights as key, and Turkey’s Western partners want changes that will bring Turkey closer to European Union norms.

She reiterated Ms. İrmez’ statement regarding getting an ambulance to the scene: “Ministerial level contact was made asking for an ambulance”. The Turkish government blamed it on the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group. According to figures from the pro-Kurdish HDP party, 72 civilians in the three southeastern towns under the curfew have been killed since December 14.

The assassination of the three Kurdish female activists raised the outrage of the Kurdish parties in Turkey.

Thousands of people have left their homes in the towns. The injured are scared to go to the hospital because they fear being shot by snipers. Those areas have been under round-the-clock curfews since last month.

The militant group has been fighting for an autonomous Kurdish region inside Turkey since 1980s.

There are Kurdish journalists present but they are targeted because they are Kurdish. Special forces reportedly took part in the raid.

The Metropolitan Police Service were called to the demonstration but said the protest was peaceful as campaigners handed in a petition.

He is now charged with “spreading propaganda for an illegal organization”, i.e. PKK, the Kurdish armed resistance movement and according to Firat News Agency he is kept in Şirnak T Type Prison.

“There is not a Kurdish problem in Turkey”.

Note: Quotes from the HDP’s official English account have been edited for clarification. We are concerned that the global community will allow Turkey to continue killing civilians with impunity.