Turkey’s parliamentary system may just have a small, but meaningful shift in power. Elections are going on in the country to vote in parties for seats in parliament. The current ruling party, the AKP, also known as the Justice and Development Party, is expected to maintain its large number of seats. However, the frustration that […]
On Friday, over 10 people were wounded from two bombs that were detonated at a Kurdish political party rally in Diyarbakir, Turkey. According to witnesses, the explosions were only five minutes apart. The target of the bombing was the Kurdish People’s Democratic Party rally. The explosion happened just as Selahattin Demirtas, the Kurdish Party leader, […]
In southeast Turkey, during a Kurdish party election rally, two explosions, occurring about five minutes apart, injured at least 10 people on Friday. Reports and witnesses say the number of people in attendance was somewhere in the thousands. The explosions happened in Diyarbakir, which is the main city in Turkey, during the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic […]
