MESOP TODAYS RELEVANT SHORT CUTS / ERDOGAN & THE PKK
Coup Plotters Planned to Prosecute Erdogan over PKK Talks, Document Suggests
A draft indictment found by Turkish authorities suggests that the plotters of the failed July 15 coup planned to try President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for “colluding with terrorists,” citing his government’s six-year effort to reconcile with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) that broke down last year. A copy of the draft was obtained by BuzzFeed. At least one analyst told BuzzFeed that the indictment does not necessarily refute the government’s claim that the coup was a Gulenist conspiracy, noting that the Gulenist movement feels threatened by Kurds in Turkey’s southeast and has tried to push similar terrorism charges before. Read all https://www.buzzfeed.com/borzoudaragahi/document-reveals-what-really-drove-turkeys-failed-coup-plott?utm_term=.ry71ggkg5&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New%20Campaign#.ddjJzz1zL