The HDP's historic success represented a milestone in Turkey's relationship with its Kurds and suggested that the country and its Kurdish issue was moving forward.
The London-based barrister said the issue was moving rapidly up the international agenda after China and Russia this week jointly issued a statement at the UN Human Rights Council, backed by other countries, condemning drone attacks.
One day later, Bob Marshall, a Republican in the House of Delegates and an outspoken opponent on gay rights issues, was moved to write a letter to the bank's president, saying that the flag was inappropriate for a quasi-governmental entity.
As negotiations over the budget heat up, the smoking issue is moving to the back burner.
Previous campaigns often used the more abstract, and less persuasive, language of civil rights.The issue is moving national politics, too.
"It is wrong because in the past few weeks Cabinet Office polling shows that defence as an issue is moving up the general public's consciousness.
Now, eBay has taken up the cause as the issue is moving through Washington in earnest for the first time, Andrew Ross Sorkin writes in the DealBook column.
The issue is moving rapidly up the international agenda," explained Mr Emmerson, who has called for the "end to the conspiracy of silence".
Still, politicians, advocates, and outside observers said the events of Friday demonstrated how quickly the issue is moving and how unpredictable it has become.
