A MORNING Star report on the use of chemical weapons by Turkey in Iraqi Kurdistan led to calls for the establishment of a special commission of inquiry in the Turkish Parliament today.

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) MP Nuran Imir called for independent investigations into the alleged use of chemicals in Turkey’s military offensive —Operation Claw Lightning — which was launched on April 23.

He raised a motion citing the Morning Star report which alleged that chemicals had been used against Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) guerilla fighters on at least three occasions during bombing of the Amedi district, in the mountainous region of Duhok, which borders Turkey.