 The PKK had already reported several Turkish attacks against their troops months before Turkish bombing started.In the months before the parliamentary election of 2015, as the "Kurdish-focused" HDP's likelihood of crossing the 10% threshold for entry into the government seemed more likely, Erdogan gave speeches and made comments that repudiated the settlement process and the existence of a Kurdish problem and refusing to recognize the HDP as having any role to play despite their long participation as intermediaries.These announcements increased distrust of the government's good faith among Kurdish leaders.