Selahattin Demirtaş

What a difference a little geography will make. With 36 percent of the general vote taken in January 2015 Greece’s leftist SYRIZA points to a “people’s mandate”, whereas in neighboring Turkey 41 percent for the AKP party is a first-place showing, nevertheless, but one greeted with frowns by its supporters and jubilation by the opposition.

With the parliamentary elections only four days away, Kurdish problem-oriented Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirta? has said he could not say with inner peace that his party would pass the 10 percent election threshold, adding they were ?on the knife?s edge.? 

The Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) will continue its efforts to turn into a political party embracing entire Turkey by abandoning its decades-old ethnic politics, its co-leader has said, vowing no return even after the June 7 election.

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will try to escalate tension out of its rising sense of panic ahead of the June 7 parliamentary election, Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chair Selahattin Demirta? has said, while vowing to conduct his own party's campaign in a "humane and friendly" way. 

Please accept my apologies because of the over-simplification in the title; I should have written the Kurdish problem-focused Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) instead of ?Kurds,? but it would be too long.

Because not all Kurds in Turkey are voting for the HDP and not only Kurds are voting for it either.

Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Head Selahattin Demirtas says his party will have no problems in passing the nationwide 10 percent electoral threshold in the June elections. His fervent calls for the threshold to be reduced, however, reveal a concern that if this does not happen his party may not be able to be a part of Parliament after the elections.

Official talks on the Kurdish peace process may start in 10 days, the co-chair Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has said in Moscow at an affiliate of a U.S.-based think tank.

At the same time, remarks by Yalçın Akdoğan, the deputy prime minister, also implied that the government was working on a process for a "final solution."

Moscow needs to become more involved in the Kurdish issue, Selahattin Demirtaş, the co-leader of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), has said during a five-day visit to the Russian capital.

Russia does not generally contact Kurds directly, but prefers doing this via Turkey, Demirtaş told dailies Sputnik and Kommersant, Cihan news agency reported.

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.