Turkish authorities detained the leaders of the country’s pro-Kurdish party in the early hours of Friday, launching a crackdown that threatens to crush one of the country’s biggest opposition parties. Police raided the homes of Peoples’ Democratic Party co-leaders Selahattin Demirtas and Figen Yuksekdag and took them into custody for defying subpoenas to testify in connection with terrorism-related charges, according to party and...

Source: Wall Street Journal November 04, 2016 02:06 UTC