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Armenian animosity rekindled through PKK terror

The Justice and Development Party’s repeated insults that Kurds are considered Armenians are aimed at labeling the pro-Kurdish HDP as non-Muslim, and to justify the heavy attacks on border towns in the southeast of Turkey.

Pinar Tremblay
Pinar Tremblay
Mar 7, 2016
Co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), Selahattin Demirtas (C) attends a ceremony to mark the ninth anniversary of the killing of Turkish-Armenian editor Hrant Dink in Istanbul January 19, 2016. REUTERS/Osman Orsal - RTX232RL
Co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtas (C) attends a ceremony in Istanbul on Jan. 19, 2016, to mark the ninth anniversary of the killing of Turkish-Armenian editor Hrant Dink. — REUTERS/Osman Orsal

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