In the months before the parliamentary election of 2015 , as the " Kurdish-focused " HDP 's likelihood of crossing the 10 % threshold for entry into the government seemed more likely , Erdogan gave speeches and made comments that repudiated the settlement process and the existence of a Kurdish problem and refusing to recognize the HDP as having any role to play despite their long participation as intermediaries . These announcements increased distrust of the government 's good faith among Kurdish leaders . In July 2015 , Turkey finally became involved in the war against ISIL . While they were doing so , they decided to bomb PKK targets in Iraq . The bombings came a few days after PKK was suspected of assassinating two Turkish police officers in Ceylanpınar , Şanlıurfa , accused by the PKK of having links with ISIS after the 2015 Suruç bombing . The PKK has blamed Turkey for breaking the truce by bombing the PKK in 2014 and 2015 continuously . PKK announced a one-sided ceasefire in October 2015 near election time , but the government refused . The leadership of Iraqi Kurdistan has condemned the Turkish air strikes in its autonomous region in the north of Iraq
2015 Suruç bombing
2015 Suruç bombing
Kurdistan Workers' Party