Struggle for Democracy in Turkey

President of the HDP party, Ertuğrul Kürkçü, speaks to Vijay Prashad about the latest crackdown by Erdoğan’s government on democracy

Ertuğrul Kürkçü, Honorary president of the People’s Democratic Party, (HDP) talks to Vijay Prashad about the Turkish government’s attempt to the ban the party, the history of leftist and democratic resistance in the country and the crackdown on the Kurdish struggle over the decades.