Turkish backlash. Clashes broke out in the Turkish parliament between lawmakers from the governing AKP party and the pro-Kurdish DEM party following the arrest on Monday of the mayor of the city of Hakkari over alleged links to the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party. Mehmet Siddik Akis won the mayorship in March but was removed from […]
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Daily Memo: Uproar in Turkey, Drills in Syria
The arrest of a mayor from a pro-Kurdish party has sparked protests in Turkey.
