HDP, gov't in row over party office bombings in southern Turkey

Headquarters of the Kurdish problem-focused Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) have been hit by twin bomb attacks in two southern Turkish provinces just weeks before the June 7 election, with the government and HDP officials engaging in a row over responsibility for the attack. 

Hidden in a cargo parcel and a gift-packaged flower pot, the two bombs injured at least three people at the HDP?s two local headquarters in Adana and Mersin on May 18.

The government, the HDP, and the main opposition Republican People?s Party (CHP) all condemned the bomb attacks. 

The HDP, however, accused the government and President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an of being politically responsible for the attack due to raising ?provocations? and ?tensions.? The party stated that six personnel had been injured in the attack on its Adana headquarters. 

?It must be known that no power will be able to prevent the HDP from converging with the Turkish nation,? read the HDP?s statement, pointing the finger at the harsh language recently used by President Erdo?an, Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu, and other ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) figures.

?[Some] powers supported by the government attempts to prevent our party?s development and election campaign. The political responsibility of these attacks is on President Erdo?an, the prime minister, and other AKP officials,? read the statement released soon after the attacks on May 18. 

HDP Deputy Parliamentary Group Chair Pervin Buldan also strongly criticized the government after the attacks. 

?Neither the president, nor the prime minister, nor other government officials, should condemn today?s attacks. They should be silent. That?s enough!? wrote Buldan on her Twitter account following the...