Turk nationalists attack pro-Kurdish party headquarters
Nationalist demonstrators have attacked the headquarters of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in the Turkish capital.
On Tuesday night, the protesters gathered in front of the party’s headquarters in Ankara, chanting nationalist slogans and throwing stones at the building.
AFP reported that some offices of the headquarters were set on fire and badly damaged, adding that smoke was rising from the building following the attack.
The HDP confirmed the attack, censuring the Turkish police for failing to carry out its duties to protect the place.
"Our headquarters is under attack but the police is not performing its duties," the HDP said in a message posted on Twitter.
Turkish nationalists accuse the HDP of being the political wing of the militant group Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has recently been engaged in deadly clashes with the country’s army.
The PKK has been fighting for an autonomous Kurdish region inside Turkey since the 1980s. The conflict has left tens of thousands of people dead.
There has been renewed conflict between the PKK and Turkish security forces since July. Turkey has been launching airstrikes against purported Daesh targets in Syria as well as PKK positions in Iraq after a Daesh bomb attack left 32 people dead in the southeastern Turkish town of Suruc on July 20.
Meanwhile, the supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attacked the office of the country’s leading newspaper Hurriyet Daily News in Istanbul.
The protesters pelted the building with stones and tried to enter it, but were prevented by the riot police “at the last moment,” announced the website of the newspaper, which is affiliated with the opposition parties.
"If they had entered the building, I don't know if I could be here now… The government should provide security in a democracy," said Hurriyet’s editor-in-chief Sedat Ergin, adding, "I am not sure if I will be able to feel secure when I enter this building tomorrow."
This is while Turkey is scheduled to hold snap elections in November, an event which seems to further complicate the political situation in the country.
Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) fell short of securing sufficient votes during the legislative elections in June to form a single-party government.
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