For more than two decades, Kurdish-affiliated parties have resorted to running independents as a tactic to circumvent the minimum 10 percent national threshold that a party needs to win seats in parliament. Yet because the HDP’s constituency represents around 6-8 percent nationally, the party risks losing all of its seats, and in turn having no Kurdish representation in parliament.
For more than two decades, Kurdish-affiliated parties have resorted to running independents as a tactic to circumvent the minimum 10 percent national threshold that a party needs to win seats in parliament. Yet because the HDP’s constituency represents around 6-8 percent nationally, the party risks losing all of its seats, and in turn having no Kurdish representation in parliament. - See more at: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Commentary/2015/Mar-03/289349-turkeys-kurds-weigh-an-election-choice.ashx#sthash.V5ar5i04.dpuf
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