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and have made great efforts to have
legal status granted to Abdullah
Öcalan all point to a significant
threat. The victory of a party saying
such things, particularly in such a
region as the Southeast, should
rightly lead to serious concerns.

Let us remind ourselves that the

2015 general elections produced an
even worse picture in terms of the
Southeast. Readers will recall that
regions where the HPD emerged as
a powerful presence were not limit-
ed to the Southeast, but also stretched as far as Ardahan in the North-
east. The reason why we are particularly citing evidence from the
local elections here is the dire consequences today, when we are in a
time of conflict, of a party backed by the PKK controlling local admin-

istrations. We shall be looking at this in detail in due course.

Following the handing over the Southeastern provinces to the BDP in 2014 local elec-
tions, the 2015 general elections (shown below) yielded worse results. The HDP
declared its sovereignty over a large area reaching up to the Northeastern Anatolia.

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