Controversies during the Turkish general election, November

Parliament convened on Sept. 3 to extend the mandate of the Turkish Armed Forces to take military action in Iraq and Syria in an extraordinary session, with the measure due to be in effect for one year.

Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirta? said Kurds had no alternative but to declare autonomy in an atmosphere where deputies were not permitted to enter southeastern towns by governors, speaking at a rally in Vienna on Aug. 26. 

Former Health Minister Recep Akda?, a politician from the Justice and Development Party (AKP), has likened Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chair Selahattin Demirta? to a ?werewolf.?

Turkey has entered a tailspin. The longer the current bloody standoff between the security forces and the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) continues, the harder it is going to be to get back to any semblance of peace and normality. Government officials insist they are not against the Kurds and that their only concern is to combat PKK terrorism.

Unarmed civilians were killed in a military airstrike by Turkey in the Zergele village of Iraqi Kurdistan, the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has said in a report, denying Ankara's claims to the contrary.

Following 10 days full of acts of terrorism by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) and massive retaliation by the Turkish army against PKK bases in Iraq, the Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) has contacted the government in a move to end the clashes in order to resume talks in pursuit of a political solution to Turkey?s chronic problem.

The co-chair of Turkey's Kurdish issue-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) is set to make an unscheduled trip to Brussels on Aug. 5, his party said, amid reports he will meet representatives of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

Selahattin Demirta? of the HDP postponed his scheduled program in Ankara on Aug. 5, daily Hürriyet and AFP reported. 

Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirta? has rejected allegations his party served as a political mouthpiece for the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) and defined retaliations against the Suruç massacre as ?dirty" acts in an interview with the British daily Financial Times. 

The Justice and Development Party (AKP) government continues its cross border operations full speed, as the Turkish Air Forces conduct intensified bombardments on the Kurdistan Workers?

The co-leaders of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) have met with foreign ambassadors in Ankara to inform them about recent tension with the government, as clashes between militants and security officials have intensified.