The Kurds’ electoral triumph in Turkey will complicate their aspirations for self-rule.
![HDP supporters wave a flag with Turkish Republic founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, and others of imprisoned Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, during a rally in Istanbul [AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/f367577ef5834e94bf1e60e251ce8184_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Neil Quilliam is acting head of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House.
The Kurds’ electoral triumph in Turkey will complicate their aspirations for self-rule.
![HDP supporters wave a flag with Turkish Republic founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, and others of imprisoned Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, during a rally in Istanbul [AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/f367577ef5834e94bf1e60e251ce8184_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)