HDP Leader Says Turkish Military Campaign Not Aimed to Combat ISIS

July 30, 2015
Selahattin Demirtaş, leader of HDP

Selahattin DemirtaÅŸ, leader of HDP

ANKARA (Reuters)””The main aim of Turkey’s recent military operations in northern Syria and Iraq is to prevent Kurdish territorial unity and not to combat Islamic State, the leader of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish opposition HDP said on July 30.

In an interview with Reuters, Selahattin DemirtaÅŸ accused President Tayyip ErdoÄŸan and the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) of dragging Turkey into conflict in revenge for the AKP losing its majority in a June 7 general election.

That election saw the HDP win enough votes to enter parliament as a party for the first time, ending more than a decade of single-party rule in the NATO member country.

“The AK Party is dragging the country into a period of conflict, seeking revenge for the loss of its majority in the June election,”

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