Turkey's Kurdish party accuses government of inaction over violence


Selahattin Demirtas (2nd R), co-chairman of the Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), cheers with his party's newly elected lawmakers, Garo Paylan (L), Huda Kaya (2nd L) and Pervin Buldan (R) during a gathering to celebrate the party's victory during the parliamentary election, in Istanbul, Turkey, June 8, 2015. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkey's pro-Kurdish opposition party accused the government on Wednesday of standing aside in the face of attempts to "push the country into a civil war" by fomenting violence in the mainly Kurdish southeast.

Four people have been killed since Tuesday and two people were shot and wounded overnight in the city of Diyarbakir, bringing the total wounded to seven, security sources said.

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