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Kurdish rebel killed, 2 others injured in
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September 17, 2007
ANKARA, -- A Kurdish PKK rebel was killed and
two were wounded during fighting with security
forces in the restive mainly Kurdish southeastern
Turkish province of Anatolia, the domestic news
agency reported Sunday.
The clash occurred near the town of Besiri of the
southeastern city of Batman. The two injured rebels
were hospitalized in Batman, authorities said.
Rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party PKK have been
fighting government forces in Turkey's mainly
Kurdish southeast since 1984. Fighting has claimed
tens of thousands of lives. Turkey is home to over
25 million ethnic Kurds.
AFP | AP
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Kurds are not recognized as an official minority in
Turkey and are denied rights granted to other
minority groups. Under EU pressure, Turkey recently
granted Kurds limited rights for broadcasts and
education in the Kurdish language, but critics say
the measures do not go far enough.
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.
Others estimate over 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.
Turkey is home to over 25 million ethnic Kurds, some
of whom openly sympathise with the Kurdish PKK for a
Kurdish homeland in the country's mainly Kurdish
southeast of Turkey.
Before August 2002, the Turkish government placed
severe restrictions on the use of Kurdish language,
prohibiting the language in education and broadcast
media.
The Kurdish alphabet is still not recognized
in Turkey, and use of the Kurdish letters X, W, Q
which do not exist in the Turkish
alphabet has led to judicial persecution in 2000 and
2003
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)
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