Turkish election 'becoming impossible' because of unrest - pro-Kurdish party


  • World
  • Thursday, 10 Sep 2015

Selahattin Demirtas, co-chairman of Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), talks during a news conference in Diyarbakir, Turkey, September 9, 2015. REUTERS/Sertac Kayar

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Rising violence in southeast Turkey following the collapse of a ceasefire between the government and Kurdish insurgents will make it difficult to hold an election due on Nov. 1, the head of the pro-Kurdish parliamentary opposition said on Wednesday.

Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast has seen almost daily clashes between militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and security forces since July.

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