Clashes began between security forces and members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) after the latter kidnapped an politician yesterday, Hurriyet reports.
Members of the PKK reportedly kidnapped the Justice and Development Party (AKP)’s district chairman for southeastern province of Diyarbakır’s Kulp district yesterday.
Kulp district chairman Veysel Çelik and three other AKP members were driving back to Kulp from a visit to the neighboring city of Muş on May 13, when a group of PKK members blocked the road. Following an identitiy check, the group kidnapped Çelik and released the other three people.
