Peace process with Kurdish militants impossible - Turkey's Erdogan


  • World
  • Wednesday, 29 Jul 2015

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan looks on durin his visit to Northern Cyprus July 20, 2015. REUTERS/Harun Ukar

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday it was impossible to continue a peace process with Kurdish militants and urged parliament to strip politicians with links to them of immunity from prosecution.

Hours after he spoke, the Turkish military said its F-16 fighter jets had bombed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in the southeastern Turkish province of Sirnak, which borders Iraq, in response to an attack on a group of gendarmes.

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