Kurdish HDP offices attacked across Turkey

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People carry the coffin after funeral prayers for Turkish soldier Oktay Durak, who was killed with 15 others by IS militants in al-Bab, Syria, in Cayiralan, Yozgat, Turkey, Friday, Dec. 23, 2016. Turkey sent ground troops into northern Syria in August to support Syrian opposition forces in clearing a border area of IS militants and to prevent Syrian Kurds from making greater territorial advances. (DHA-Depo Photos via AP)

In Turkey, offices of the Kurdish People’s Democratic Party, or HDP, have recently been attacked across the country. Their offices have been trashed, and mobs even attempted to hang someone in the violent demonstrations. CCTV’s Michal Bardavid explains why.