Today many BDP (Peace and Democracy Party) offices around Turkey have been attacked by ultra nationalist crowds. The vicious assaults against the offices of the pro Kurdish party have taken an even more dramatic turn when BDP chair of the Beyoðlu (Istanbul) branch, Ýlhan Kalkmaz, has been wounded by a gunshot.

According to report a group of around twenty assaulted the office in Istanbul. The group was throwing stones and shouting slogans. The people inside the office was put under siege and the police only made things worse by throwing tear gas. BDP chair Ýlhan Kalkmaz, was standing at the door of the office trying to calm down the crowd outside when he was hit by a gunshot. He was quickly run to the hospital.

Today BDP office in Malatya, Ankara, Bursa, Ýstanbul, Aydýn, Sakarya, Kocaeli, Elazýð were attacked by crowds.