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Two shot dead in clashes between rival Kurdish parties in Turkey

Xinhua, May 30, 2015 Adjust font size:

Two were shot dead in clashes between supporters of two Kurdish parties Friday in Turkey's southeast border province of Sirnak, local Dogan News Agency reported.

According to the report, supporters of the leftwing People's Democratic Party (HDP) and the Kurdish Hezbollah-affiliated HUDAPAR clashed in Sirnak which led the death of two.

A recent poll by local firm showed that HDP got a chance to past the 10 percent threshold of the incoming June 7 parliamentary election of Turkey, which means it might enter the parliament as a party.

Last October violence had erupted mainly in the southeast over Ankara's refusal to intervene in the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant's (ISIL) attempt to destroy the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani despite Turkey's heavy military presence right across the border as Turkish BGN news reported.

Turkey's Kurds took to the streets in protest, with violence peaking on October 6-7 as protesters clashed with security forces and rival groups, particularly between supporters of the HDP and HUDAPAR. Endit