Kurdish party's decision not to field candidate boosts opposition's chances in Turkey's election.
Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has announced that it will not field a candidate in the upcoming presidential elections, giving indirect support to Erdogan's rival, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, and reducing the possibility of a split in the anti-Erdogan vote. The HDP's decision is seen as a setback for Erdogan, who once enjoyed support from Kurdish voters but now accuses the HDP of being the political wing of the PKK militants. Erdogan's far-right allies are trying to dissolve the HDP over its alleged terror ties.