The Kurds in Command
Turkey’s long-marginalized Kurdish minority is now poised to play a pivotal role in the country’s politics. Indeed, the Kurds' success in Turkey's recent general election will not only give them an outsized role in the formation of the next government; it is likely to end President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's dominance of Turkish politics.
EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN – In a remarkable change of fortune, Turkey’s long-marginalized Kurdish minority is poised to play a pivotal role in the country’s politics. In the parliamentary election on June 7, the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), received nearly 13% of the popular vote, giving it an expected 80 seats in the 550-member National Assembly.