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Turkish army chopper crashes in east, one
killed
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TUNCELI,
Turkey-Kurdistan, December 7, -- A Turkish army
helicopter crashed in the eastern province of Bingol
while landing, killing one army technician on board,
security officials said on Thursday.
Five other soldiers, on their way to an operation
against Kurdish guerrillas, were also injured. The
cause of the crash was not known.
The Turkish army has been carrying out operations
against Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) guerrillas
despite a ceasefire by the group launched in
October.
The PKK -- considered a terrorist organisation by
Turkey, the European Union and the United States --
started a violent campaign for a Kurdish homeland in
the heavily Kurdish southeast of Turkey 1984. More
than 30,000 people have died in the conflict.
Reuters
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"
Southeast Turkey. The Kurds have no rights in
Turkey.
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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