Opposition accuses Erdogan of taking Turkey to war to avenge Kurdish gains

“Turkey carried out a couple of air strikes against Islamic State just for show, without causing serious damage to it, nor is Islamic State feeling serious pressure from Turkey,” he said.

 

“Turkey’s operations do not aim at taking measures against Islamic State. The main objective is to prevent the formation of a Kurdish entity in northern Syria.”

 

Thirty Turkish war planes on Thursday carried out a new wave of bombings against targets of the PKK in northern Iraq, Turkish media reported.

 

The F-16 planes struck five locations in northern Iraq, hitting shelters, storage points, caves, and depots of the PKK in retaliation for a deadly attack that killed three Turkish troops earlier.

 

Demirtas, a charismatic former human rights lawyer, led the HDP into a parliamentary election in June at which it seized enough seats to deprive the AK Party, founded by Erdogan, of a working majority for the first time in more than a decade.

 

The left-wing HDP gained traction after Demirtas campaigned on a progressive platform that took the party beyond its origins in Kurdish nationalism, appealing to a broader range of minorities and opponents of the Islamist-rooted AKP.

 

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