Turkey's President: Peace Process With Kurds Is Over

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan looks on durin his visit to Northern Cyprus July 20, 2015. REUTERS/HARUN UKAR

Reuters: Turkey's Erdogan: peace process with Kurdish militants impossible

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday it was impossible to continue a peace process with Kurdish militants and urged parliament to strip politicians with links to them of immunity from prosecution.

Hours after he spoke, the Turkish military said its F-16 fighter jets had bombed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in the southeastern Turkish province of Sirnak, which borders Iraq, in response to an attack on a group of gendarmes.

Turkey last week launched air strikes on PKK camps in northern Iraq following a series of attacks on its police officers and soldiers blamed on the Kurdish militant group.

WNU Editor: Benjamin Harvey from Bloomberg is correct in his analysis on why the Turkish President is pursuing this policy right now .... Under Cover of War on Jihadists, Turkey Settles Score With Kurds (Bloomberg).

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