Turkey - Kurdish paper distributor gunned down in southeastern Turkey

Reporters without borders

His death follows a week of violent rioting sparked by fighting in a Kurdish city near the Syrian border Reporters Without Borders condemns media worker Kadri Bagdu's murder today while distributing the Kurdish dailies Azadiya Welat and Özgür Gündem in Seyhan, in the southeastern province of Adana. His targeted killing harks back to the darkest hours of Turkey's recent history. Bagdu, 46, was distributing the newspapers free of charge on the street in the Sakir Pasa district of Seyhan when he (...)

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