Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Protests Flare in Turkey After Kurdish Co-mayors Arrested on Terror Charges

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Hundreds of Turkey's Kurds staged nationwide protests after Turkish authorities detained the co-mayors of the predominantly Kurdish southeastern city of Diyarbakir in an alleged terror probe. Gultan Kisanak, a former member of parliament before her election in Diyarbakır, and Firat Anli, her co-mayor and a member of the municipal council, were arrested Tuesday evening as part of an investigation into their alleged links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK. Protests...

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