Turkey’s prime minister Ahmed Davutoglu has cancelled a meeting with the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), which had been planned for next week (December 30) saying its politics were rooted in violence. <br /><br /> Turkey is pursuing a security operation in the country’s mainly Kurdish southeast targeting the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, considered a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the US and the EU. <br /><br /> A two-year ceasefire between the PKK and Ankara fell apart in July, plunging the area back into a 30-year-old conflict that has killed more than 40,000 people. <br /><br /> In the Turkish town of Sirnak, security sources said fighting erupted between security forces and PKK fighters after a cultural centre was petrol bombed on Friday. Four students and two members of staff suffered burns and smoke inhalation. <br /><br /> Meanwhile in the German town of Dusseldorf, police say 15,000 people protested against what they say is the war against the Kurdish people in Turkey. <br /><br /> Protesters marched through
