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Kurdish rebel killed in clash in SE Turkey
14.1.2007 |
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ANKARA, January
14, -- A Kurdish guerrilla was killed in a clash
with Turkish security forces in the mainly Kurdish
southeast southeast Turkey, the state Anatolian news
agency said on Sunday.
It said a Turkish soldier was also wounded in the
clash in the mountainous province of Bingol. It did
not say when the incident took place but added
military operations against the Kurdish rebels were
continuing in the area.
More than 30,000 Turkish soldiers and PKK guerrillas
have been killed in fighting between Turkish
security forces and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers
Party (PKK) since the group launched an armed
campaign for an ethnic Kurdish homeland in southeast
Turkey in 1984.
The PKK called a unilateral ceasefire last October
but Turkey has dismissed the move as irrelevant and
clashes have continued, though at a lower intensity
than before.
The United States and the European Union, like
Turkey, class the PKK as a "terrorist organisation".
Up to 5,000 PKK fighters are believed to be holed up
in the mountains of northern Iraq.
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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