HDP also denies Cumhuriyet’s ‘inaccurate’ report after U.S. Embassy

Following the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, the People's Democratic Party (HDP) has also refuted on Tuesday the Turkish daily Cumhuriyet's claim in an article that U.S. diplomat to Ankara, John Bass told the party to be patient concerning Turkey's military operations against the PKK during their meeting on July 30.

Cumhuriyet's August 10, 2015 dated article consists of statements that are contrary to facts, HDP said in a press statement.

"The article's content is totally unfounded. Our co-chairs, central executive board members, and deputies have attended the meeting [with John Bass], but such dialogues given in the [Cumhuriyet's] article have not been undertaken," HDP's statement said.

The daily claimed that Bass told the delegation that once Turkey and the U.S. start their "extensive fight" against the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) in Syria, the operations against the PKK will weaken. "Be patient for a month or two," the paper reported Bass as saying.

"An article in today's [Aug. 10, 2015] Cumhuriyet newspaper attributes to U.S. Ambassador John Bass a number of quotes that are simply inaccurate, and others that are exaggerated or taken out of context," the U.S. Embassy said in a statement on Monday.

"Ambassador Bass did meet with representatives of the HDP in July, as part of ongoing conversations the Embassy holds with groups from across the political spectrum, inside and outside of the government. The Embassy categorically rejects Cumhuriyet's characterization of the meeting," the Embassy's statement added.