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HDP leader on surprise trip to Brussels, may see PKK seniors

The co-chair of Turkey's Kurdish issue-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) is set to make an unscheduled trip to Brussels on Aug. 5, his party said, amid reports he will meet representatives of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

Selahattin Demirta? of the HDP postponed his scheduled program in Ankara on Aug. 5, daily Hürriyet and AFP reported. 

HDP co-chair calls PKK killings of Turkish policemen 'dirty' acts

Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirta? has rejected allegations his party served as a political mouthpiece for the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) and defined retaliations against the Suruç massacre as ?dirty" acts in an interview with the British daily Financial Times. 

Demirta? says PKK ready to return to negotiations, quoting a senior PKK figure

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) has received the Peoples? Democratic Party?s (HDP) message for a ceasefire, HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirta? has said, citing a European-based PKK senior figure as saying the PKK were ready to sit down for negotiations if the dialogue was restarted.

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