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Flood claims two lives in Turkey-Kurdistan
29.10.2006 |
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ANKARA, October
28, -- A wife and a husband were killed in the
mainly Kurdish province of Sanliurfa in Turkey's
southeast as floods caused by torrential rain hit
the region.
The bodies of the victims, who went missing
overnight, were recovered by the security forces in
a stream near the village of Sarikuyu on Saturday,
Anatolia news agency reported on Saturday.
The floods damaged many homes, shops, roads and
bridges across the impoverished province and dozens
of livestock perished, Anatolia reported.
Electricity and telephone services were cut in
several villages, it said, adding that civil defense
teams and security forces were dispatched to help
residents.
AFP
The use of the term "Kurdistan" is vigorously
rejected due to its alleged political implications
by the Republic of Turkey, which does not recognize
the existence of a "Turkish Kurdistan".
Others estimate as many as 40 million Kurds live in
Big Kurdistan (Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Iran, Armenia),
which covers an area as big as France, about half of
all Kurds which estimate to 20 million live in
Turkey.
The Kurdish flag flown officially in Iraqi Kurdistan but
unofficially flown by Kurds in Armenia. The flag is
banned in Iran, Syria, and Turkey where flying it is
a criminal offence"
Southeastern Turkey:
North Kurdistan (
Kurdistan-Turkey) wikipedia
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