ANKARA, Turkey: The chairman of Turkey’s leading pro-Kurdish party on Tuesday asked the country’s highest court not to disband his party, rejecting accusations that it was linked to a separatist rebel group.
The Democratic Society Party, which has 21 seats in parliament, was facing closure by the Constitutional Court on charges of becoming a “focal point” of separatist activities.
The military, meanwhile, has been pondering how to deal with separatist Kurdish rebels and reportedly is prepared to ask the government to extend the parliamentary mandate for a new possible cross-border offensive against their bases in northern Iraq.
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party fights against closure – International Herald Tribune.