06.11.2016 - 09:15 [ Hurriyet ]

Arrest of opposition MPs in Turkey is a big mistake

The arrests of the HDP co-chairs and MPs are the latest chapter in Turkey’s chronic Kurdish problem, but they go far beyond that. With the arrests, the leadership of an opposition party has been put in jail. These MPs stood together with other parties in parliament against the bloody coup attempt of July 15, but apparently this gives them no credit in the eyes of the government.