Letter to the Editor: Erdogan has blood of Kurds on his hands

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s hands are stained in the blood of civilians, the results of the intentions of a strongman striking against a stateless people — the Kurds.

The latest clatterings out of Erdogan stem from his play to nationalism when in effect he broke an established truce with militant Turkish Kurds who were truce observant as the cessation enabled a safe normalisation of relations between Turkish Kurds and the wider population.