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Turkish official slams HDP's link with PKK terrorists in Council of Europe
Haber Merkezi 12:39 January 26, 2019 Yeni Şafak
The ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party Istanbul deputy Akif Çagatay Kılıç, also the Turkish delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), slammed the proposal submitted by the opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) against Turkey in the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly. “What would you do if the elected deputies advocated violence in your countries?' Kılıç said during his speech after underlining the party's overt links to the PKK terror group. Turkey's government accuses the HDP of having links to the PKK terror group. Several HDP lawmakers have been accused of attending the funerals of PKK terrorists.