16 soldiers died in Dağlıca district of Hakkari province in eastern Turkey when Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) had blasted a bomb. In different provinces of Turkey, Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) headquarters were attacked.
HDP İstanbul provincial organization told via its twitter account that 126 HDP headquarters were attacked:
Ankara
In Beypazarı district of Ankara, a group of people attacked Kurds and set fire some apartments and cars.
Two police officers got injured. 5 people got wounded and were taken to Beypazarı State Hospital.
Tekirdağ
In Çorlu district of Tekirdağ, approximately 6 thousand people put down the party signboard and displayed the Turkish flag. The crowd tried to lynch HDP Tekirdağ Co-Chair Şehnaz Kaya.
Balıkesir
A group of people ruined HDP headquarters in Balıkesir province and battered deputy candidate Bedri Arık. They shouted slogans “How happy is he who says I’m a Turk!”, (a proverb of Atatürk). The crowd threw the goods from HDP headquarters into the street and set fire the party flags.
İzmir
In Dikili district of İzmir province, a group of people broke the glasses of HDP headquarters and put down the HDP flag and displayed Turkish flag instead. Bergama,
İstanbul
In Bağcılar district of İstanbul, 500 people marched against HDP headquarters. The group sang National Anthem and attacked the HDP’s building.
In Üsküdar district, the crowd was saying Allahu Akbar while attacking HDP’s buidlng.
Mersin
The crowd attacked Kurdish tradesmen and then municipality buses in Erdemli district.
Erzurum
In Aşkale district, Kurdish construction workers were attacked by perpetrators. (NV/BD)
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