Controversies during the Turkish general election, November

Co-Chair of Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş departed on Dec. 22 for a five-day visit to the Russian capital city of Moscow where he is expected to hold talks on regional conflicts, with a particular focus on the battle against jihadists in Rojava, the Kurdish region in the northern part of Syria.

The continued rule of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) endangers the existence of Turkey as a country and will lead to a chaos, the co-chair of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), Selahattin Demirtaş, has said.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said neither the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) nor “its extension” the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) are happy with the ongoing peace process, suggesting that it threatens their bargaining power.