MESOP : PKK affiliated law maker warns there may be no parliament election in Turkey Kurdish regions

6 Sept 2015 – A Kurdish political expert has warned that there could be no parliament election on November 1 in Turkey Kurdish regions in east and southeast if the current conflicts continue.

Turkey ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) failed to form a majority government after 7 June elections after pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) passed the 10 percent threshold and entered parliament as the first Kurdish party in Turkish parliament. The AKP also failed to form a coalition government and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan demanded a snap election across the state on November 1, an action many believe is an attempt, along with attacks on the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and tensions in Kurdish region of the state, to make the HDP unable to pass the threshold and then the AKP would be able to form a majority government. Although many analysts and HDP officials believe the party’s votes would even increase in the upcoming election and the party has stated it aims to achieve some 20 percents of the votes, 7 percents more than what it achieved on June 7, a Kurdish analyst in Diyarbakir, Necdet Apkioz, warned in an interview with the VOA that the situation may go even worse and more tense in Kurdish region in east and southeast Turkey and no vote can be casted in the regions.

Meanwhile Diyarbakir co-Mayor, Firat Unly, told NPR that Ankara may refrain from holding election in the Kurdish region or put up security hurdles to make voting difficult for people. www.mesop.de