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Two Kurdish rebels killed in clash in
southeast Turkey
15.1.2007 |
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TUNCELI, January 15, -- Turkish troops
killed two Kurdish rebels in a clash in a rural area
in southeastern Turkey, the state-run Anatolia news
agency reported Monday.
Anatolia said the fighting occurred near the town of
Lice, in Diyarbakir province, a majority Kurdish
area where battles between Turkish soldiers and
rebels of the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party, or
PKK, are common. The agency did not say when the
clashes took place or give any further details.
Authorities in Lice were not immediately available
to confirm the report.
Kurdish rebels have been fighting Turkish security
forces in eastern Turkey for more than two decades,
often slipping across the mountainous border from
bases in northern Iraq.
The clash occurred despite a unilateral cease-fire
proclaimed by the rebels on Oct. 1. Turkey did not
recognize the cease-fire, saying it would continue
fighting until all rebels were killed or
surrendered.
The PKK is considered a terrorist organization by
the United States and the European Union.
More than 37,000 lives have been lost in the Kurdish
insurrection which began in 1984 with Kurdish
demands for independence for the southeastern and
heavily Kurdish Anatolia region.
AP
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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