Demirtas: civil war may erupt in Turkey

Selahattin Demirtas, leader of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), said that Turkey was on the edge of a civil war and the government was ignoring the situation. He noted that the HDP will not allow that to happen, whether with the help of the Justice and Development Party or not, RIA Novosti reports.

The politician reminded that three members of his party had been killed in shootings in Diyarbakir yesterday. The pro-Kurdish party expects the government to find the people responsible for the shootings and the terrorist attack of June 5.

Demirtas denied rumours about his party neutralizing political opponents.