Turkey’s Pro-Kurdish Party Pulls out of Parliament

Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party announced Sunday that it is withdrawing from parliament after the unprecedented arrests of nine of its lawmakers, including the party's two co-leaders. Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim called on the HDP in a televised speech to “return from this mistake before it's too late,” adding that they may say whatever they want in parliament “but no politician can be a shield to terror by abusing their position.” Turkey drew international...

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