Kurdish separatism in Turkey

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an criticized the Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) for not denouncing the Kurdistan Workers? Party?s (PKK) killing of two policemen in Turkey?s southeastern Anatolian region on July 22. 

'Zones of Rebellion: Kurdish Insurgents and the Turkish State' by Ay?egül Ayd?n and Cem Emrence (Cornell University Press, 208 pages, $39) 

A senior governmental official has denied reports suggesting that President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an had knowledge of the content of a key meeting about the peace process even as another participant in the gathering confirmed that Erdo?an even attended the event in question.

Tunceli Emek, a daily in the southeast province of Tunceli, has a feature that no other newspaper in Turkey has: All of its employees, from its owner to its reporters and from its editors to its page designers, are women.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has toughened his position against the People?s Democratic Party (HDP) by implying that it has ties with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) and acts as a parliamentary extension of the PKK. Erdo?an?s statement came only two days after HDP officials called the PKK to disarm and cease armed conflict against Turkey. 

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has called on the Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) to do its share for the ongoing violent acts in Turkey?s southeastern provinces, implying the HDP has ties with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) and acts as a parliamentary extension of the PKK. 

A permanent ceasefire from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) cannot be on the table until meetings with the group?s imprisoned leader are permitted by Ankara, a senior PKK leader has said. 

Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirta? called on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) to lay down its arms against Turkey, but also stressed that his call was not enough for a final solution.

The Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has voiced its desire to see a restart of the long-stalled peace process amid concerns after the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) threatened to attack dam construction sites in the country's mainly Kurdish southeast due to cease-fire violations by Ankara.

Despite placing strict red lines for his party regarding that formation of a coalition government, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has left the door ajar ahead of upcoming talks, saying his party ?will not hesitate? to do its best not to let any political instability harm Turkey.