Four people were killed and eight wounded in Turkey after clashes erupted during a ruling party member’s campaign stop Thursday, the latest indication of boiling tensions in the run-up to the country’s June 24 elections. Ibrahim Halil Yildiz, a member of parliament from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), was touring the predominantly Kurdish town of Suruc in southeast Turkey when a fight broke out between his entourage and shopkeepers, the BBC reports. According to government-aligned media such as the state’s Andolou Agency, the Kurdish shopkeepers provoked the violence by attacking the lawmaker’s entourage and reportedly killing his brother.
Four Dead As Violence Mars Election Campaigning In Turkey
Laignee Barron, Time: World
Thu, 06/14/2018 - 10:02pm
Topics: june ibrahim halil yildiz development party akp suruc andolou agency yildiz s anticipation president recep tayyip erdogan turkish the bbc kurds hdp turkey akp kurdish bbc erdogan violence election member ruling entourage media campaign shopkeepers thursday video people reports officials reportedly parliament
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