Turkey has again been rocked by deadly bombings, this time the Kurds are being blamed for two attacks in the south-east which killed a dozen people and injured over two hundred and twenty others.<br /><br /> One targeted a police station in the city of Elazig, the other a military vehicle in the Hizan district of Bitlis province.<br /><br /> Now many are asking whether the failed peace talks with the Kurds can ever be resurrected again. <br /><br /> After the coup attempt to oust his government last month President Tayyip Erdogan invited all major political leaders to his palace for talks – apart notably from the leader of the pro-Kurdish HDP party.<br /><br /> The HDP denied Erdogan an outright win in elections in 2015, and, since they passed a ten percent threshold, gained 59 seats in parliament. It was the first time a group of pro-Kurdish MPs had been elected and the first time the Kurds had a voice in parliament.<br /><br /> Since the coup attempt however it is clear the party is in trouble: Its co-chairman Selahattin Demirtas has been charged with “promoting terrorist propaganda” and could receive a five year jail sentence.<br /><br /> In July last year Turkey began bombing Kurdish militants based over the border in Iraq, seemingly ending all prospects of peace, and shortly afterwards the militants resumed attacks inside Turkey.<br /><br /> The peace process was launched for the first time in 2009 but in July last year Turkey began bombing Kurdish militants based over the border in Iraq.<br /><br /> Since then, the PKK conflict has entered one of the deadliest chapters in its three-decade history, according to the International Crisis Group<br /><br /> Shortly afterwards Kurdish militants resumed attacks inside Turkey and the fear is the Turkish state is further away from a political settlement with the Kurds than ever before.<br />
