On 25 November 2017, Zia Weise had an article published on the Politico website about US army general Michael Flynn and the post-coup process in Turkey. The article includes important factual mistakes and at times leaves essential context out.
Deputies of the People’s Democratic Party (HDP) have attended the funerals of PKK militants multiple times although the party members claim that they do not support the PKK, which is designated as a terrorist organization by the US, the EU, NATO and Turkey. Below we provide a list of the PKK funerals attended by HDP deputies and mayors.
29 September 2015: HDP deputy Burcu Celik Ozkan and co-mayors from the HDP-controlled municipality of Malazgirt attended the funeral of PKK militant Ozgur Akinel. Ozkan laid flowers on Akinel’s grave.
HDP deputies have openly provided support to the outlawed PKK. They have attended their events, delivered speeches in which they praised the terror-listed organization and went as far as threatening Turkish state officials. Below we provide some examples.
9 October 2011: HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirtas said: “We invite all our people to resist [against the Turkish state]. We will resist no matter what people think, today is the day of resistance. Everyone will know their place.”
Dani Rodrik had an opinion article published in the New York Times on 3 November 2017 about the recent imprisonment of Turkish businessman and a public figure in civil society, Osman Kavala. However, four points the author made need to be addressed.
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