Crackdown on Kurdish politicians in south east unlikely to deter voters this weekend
Move comes amid concerns about health of economy and flagging support for ruling party
A gross erosion of human rights and democratic standards
Tayyip Erdogan has also alarmed allies in Nato by attacking the PKK whose forces in Syria are important allies of the anti-Assad coalition
President’s hubris has brought Justice and Development Party to defeat in elections he believed would give him a super-majority he needed to turn Turkey into a US-style presidential republic
President Erdogan has sought to redefine the battle as a ‘holy war’
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