Erdogan believes Turkish reforms will not protect jailed Kurdish leader

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday he believed that touted judicial reforms would not protect jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas, former leader of parliament's pro-Kurdish HDP party.

"It is not for me to intervene in the business of the judiciary but we are not going to protect the so-called rights of a terrorist like Selahattin Demirtas," Erdogan told a news conference.