Eight people have been killed and
100 injured in a powerful explosion outside a police building in
Turkey. The explosion happened in Turkey's southeastern city of
Diyarbakir hours after police detained the leaders of the mostly
Kurdish region's biggest political party.
The detention of a dozen MPs from
the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) including its
co-leaders marks the "end of democracy" in Turkey, the
party said in a statement.
"The goal of these measures
is to shut down the third largest party in parliament.”
"This is a dark day not only
for our party but for all of Turkey and the region as it means the
end of democracy in Turkey," it said, vowing not to surrender to
these "dictatorial policies".
The arrests will heighten concern
among Western allies about a deepening crackdown on dissent under
President Tayyip Erdogan and about political stability in Turkey, a
NATO member and a buffer between Europe and the conflicts in Syria
and Iraq. The arrests, which drew swift condemnation from the
European Union, come as Turkey has detained or suspended more than
110,000 officials in the wake of a failed July coup.
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