![HDP co-leader Selahattin Demirtas arrives for a news conference in Istanbul, Turkey [AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/7906843c8dcd47bd81e2388174664845_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
If the HDP is serious about delivering on Kurdish demands, it has to consider forming a coalition with AK party.
![Turkish prime minister looks through binoculars at Syria from a Turkish military base at the border with Syria [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/fd86df3ad6a44fe694897c9e48a7fc21_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Turkey’s policy to rise above sectarianism will prove to be a bulwark against the cycle of violence in the Middle East.
![Turkey's former foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, has maintained good relations with various groups in Iraq, writes Kardas [AFP/Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2014939452442734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
The latest developments in Iraq have proven Turkey’s foreign policy strategy effective.