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Turkish soldier killed in Kurdish rebel
attack 7.9.2006
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DIYARBAKIR,
Kurdistan-Turkey, September 7, -- Separatist Kurdish
rebels killed a Turkish soldier and wounded another
in an armed attack in the southeastern province of
Siirt, the governor's office there said.
The casualties came in an attack late Wednesday by
rebels from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
that targeted against a police post near the town of
Eruh, the Siirt provincial governor's office said in
a statement.
More than 37,000 people have died since 1984 when
the PKK -- classified as a "terrorist" group by
Turkey, the United States and the European Union --
took up arms against Ankara for self-rule in the
mainly Kurdish southeast of Turkey.
Violence has been on the rise since 2004, when the
PKK called off a five-year unilateral ceasefire.
Clashes and attacks since the beginning of the year
have claimed the lives of at least 100 rebels and 75
members of the Turkish security forces, according to
an AFP count.
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 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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