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Kurds who previously voted for AKP will vote ‘no’ in referendum: Jailed HDP co-chair
[Hurriyet Daily News] A significant proportion of the Kurds who previously voted for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will vote "no" in the April 16 referendum on constitutional changes, the tossed in the clinkKeep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! co-chair of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has said. "The hardline policies of the AKP and the suspension of democracy, human rights ...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless... and rule of law have been rebuffed by Kurds as they distance themselves from the AKP," HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirtas told Foreign Policy in an article published on April 13, responding to written questions through his lawyers from the jail where he is held in the northwestern province of Edirne. He also said President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... "will struggle to recapture Kurdish votes after the failure of peace negotiations and the ensuing crackdown." Demirtas, who was tossed in the calaboose Book 'im, Mahmoud! on Nov. 4, 2016, was quoted in the Foreign Policy he is "absolutely" certain that his arrest was designed to cripple opposition to the constitutional changes. A total of 13 politicians from the HDP, including its co-chairs Demirtas and Figen Yuksekdag, face hundreds of years in jail over alleged links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Posted by: Fred 2017-04-16 |
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