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HARDtalk: Ertugrul Kurkcu - Honorary President People's Democratic Party

Turkish MP Ertugrul Kurkcu

06/08/2015

Ertugrul Kurkcu - Honorary President People's Democratic Party

BBC News Channel - HARDtalk, Ertugrul Kurkcu - Honorary President People's Democratic Party

What can be done to stop Turkey slipping back into conflict?

A fragile peace process has broken down in Turkey. Zeinab Badawi asks Turkish MP Ertugrul Kurkcu what can be done to stop his country slipping back into conflict.

Could Turkey be slipping back into conflict? A fragile three year peace process between the government and Kurdish militants from the PKK, the Kurdistan workers' party, has broken down. Several Turkish soldiers and police have been killed in the past few weeks, and the government blames the PKK. Zeinab Badawi talks to Turkish MP Ertugrul Kurkcu, honorary president of the pro-Kurdish people's democratic party, the HDP. What is he doing to prevent a further escalation of violence in Turkey?

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