Ferhat Encü

Violent tension between lawmakers from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) descended into a brawl during a plenary session on April 27, delaying efforts to pass legislation on an EU migration deal.

Violent tension between lawmakers from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) descended into a brawl during a plenary session on April 27, delaying efforts to pass legislation on an EU migration deal.

Another fist fight broke out in the Turkish Parliament between deputies of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) on April 27. 

Fisticuffs erupted after HDP ??rnak deputy Ferhat Encü opened his speech in parliament by "commemorating all civilians and children massacred by law enforcement officers."

One police officer has been killed and another has been wounded in clashes between the youth wing of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) and security forces filling in ditches in Turkey?s southeastern province of ??rnak. 

Five people, including a soldier, were killed while one police officer was seriously injured in attacks launched by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

Three people were killed while one police officer was seriously injured when police attempted to detain people in the southeastern province of ??rnak's Silopi district, prompting resistance from neighborhood residents that included reported members of the youth wing of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

A deputy from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) was manhandled by Turkish soldiers on July 7 in the southeastern district of Uludere, where 34 civilians were killed by the military in 2011, prompting the party to demand the resignation of the interior minister and the local ??rnak governor. 

A deputy from the Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) has claimed the Turkish military conducted an operation at the Uludere district of Turkey?s southeastern province of ??rnak early on June 30, killing many mules, while the ??rnak governorate said in a written statement 13 soldiers had been wounded in incidents in Uludere on June 29.