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Kurdish pair kidnapped in southeast Turkey
released
17.12.2005
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DIYARBAKIR,
Kurdistan-Turkey, Dec 16 (AFP) - Two relatives
of a former Kurdish member of parliament kidnapped
three days ago in southeastern Turkey were released
overnight, security sources said Friday.
Masuk and Yunus Isen, aged 30 and 32, respectively,
went to local authorities after their release and
were being questioned by the gendarmerie, the
sources said.
The two men, nephews of Burhan Isen, a former deputy
from the center-right Motherland Party, were
abducted late Tuesday by gunmen who stopped their
car on a rural road in nearby Batman province.
It was not immediately clear who the kidnappers were
and what they wanted.
The Anatolia news agency had suggested that the men
were kidnapped by rebels of the outlawed Kurdistan
Workers' Party (PKK), although officials could not
confirm the report.
Unrest in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast
increased this year after the PKK called off a
five-year unilateral ceasefire in June 2004.
Since then, PKK rebels abducted a soldier they
released after three weeks and have held a police
officer hostage since October.
More than 37,000 people have been killed since the
PKK -- considered a terrorist group by Ankara, the
European Union and the United States -- took up arms
for Kurdish self-rule in 1984.
AFP
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