Turkey’s dirty war gets dirtier

For a man whose supposed rescue mission had left all thirteen hostages dead, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan looked awfully happy [...]. The Turkish government, followed by a compliant media, put out a story that the hostages had been shot by their PKK captors. They are using this to justify further attacks on the PKK and on opposition politicians and activists, whom they declare to have PKK links. On February 15, more than 700 people were detained across Turkey, including HDP provincial and district chairs and many HDP' members."

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