An investigation was opened on Sunday against a Prokurdian MP suspected of having visited an area of Iraq controlled by Kurdish rebels where 13 Turkish hostages were killed in an aborted rescue operation, the prosecutor's office said. from Ankara.
"An investigation has been opened against the deputy Dirayet Dilan Tasdemir for membership of a terrorist organization, considering the revelations made during a television program"
, declared the office of the prosecutor of Ankara.
In a television interview broadcast on Saturday evening, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu accused Dirayet Tasdemir, a member of the HDP (People's Democratic Party, Prokurd) of having visited Gara, in the north of the Iraq, where Ankara recently carried out an operation against the PKK, a group described as "terrorist" by Ankara and its Western allies.
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The increased pressure
Turkey last week accused the PKK of executing 13 of its nationals, mostly members of the security forces, whom it was holding captive in the region.
The PKK admitted the deaths of a group of prisoners but refuted Ankara's version, claiming they had been killed in strikes.
The death of the hostages increased the pressure on pro-Kurdish circles in Turkey, in particular the HDP.
Erdogan accuses the HDP of being the "political showcase" of the PKK and dozens of its elected officials and officials have been arrested since 2016, causing concern in Western countries.
“The HDP is the party of the terrorist organization.
(Its elected officials) have no political personality.
They are the hostages of the PKK ”
, accused Suleyman Soylu on Saturday evening.
