Following the bloody attack against police in Istanbul by the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK) which killed 44 people, the Turkish government has continued its ‘scorched earth policy’ of using any pretence to go after any real or potential political opposition. In the aftermath of this bombing, the Turkish government conducted a major sweep by rounding up hundreds of people, many of them members of the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP). Included in these arrests, were Caglar Demirel and Besime Konca, two HDP parliamentarians from the South East regions of Turkey. Amid ongoing bombings by the TAK, the PKK, ISIS and widespread government repression, the situation for workers in Turkey has deteriorated markedly.
Following the bloody attack against police in Istanbul by the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK) which killed 44 people, the Turkish government has continued its ‘scorched earth policy’ of using any pretence to go after any real or potential political opposition. In the aftermath of this bombing, the Turkish government conducted a major sweep by rounding up hundreds of people, many of them members of the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP). Included in these arrests, were Caglar Demirel and Besime Konca, two HDP parliamentarians from the South East regions of Turkey. Amid ongoing bombings by the TAK, the PKK, ISIS and widespread government repression, the situation for workers in Turkey has deteriorated markedly.
