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Unrest,
arrests, amid murder trial of Turkish police
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Unrest, arrests, amid murder trial of
Turkish police
25.10.2005
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ANKARA, Oct 24 (AFP)
- Demonstrators clashed with police Monday in a
western Turkish town where four policemen are on
trial for the murder of a 12-year-old Kurdish boy
and his father, the Anatolia news agency reported.
About 40 people who wanted to observe the trial were
denied access to the court of assizes in Eskisehir,
the agency reported.
The group then threw stones at riot police, who made
a dozen arrests.
The chairman of Turkey's human rights association,
Yusuf Alatas, was among those prevented from
entering the courtroom, Anatolia reported.
Security in Eskisehir was beefed up ahead of the
trial. Armoured vehicles were brought in from nearby
towns.
The trial concerns the death of Ahmet Kaymaz and his
son Ugur, who was 12 when they were killed in front
of their house in Kiziltepe, a town in the
Kurd-majority province of Mardin.
Police have said that the two were killed during an
operation targetting armed Kurdish rebels.
Neighbours and local human rights groups insist the
two were unarmed civilians.
A parliamentary enquiry concluded there had been
"serious negligence" by the police and that Kaymaz
and his son could have been apprehended peacefully.
The trial of the four policemen opened in Mardin but
was moved to Eskisehir at the request of defence
lawyers who said they feared for their clients'
safety.
The case is viewed as a test of Turkey's undertaking
to respect the rule of law at a time when it is
negotiating its accession to the European Union.
AFP
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