Author (Person) | Byrne, David |
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Series Title | Financial Times |
Series Details | 6.8.12 |
Publication Date | 06/08/2012 |
Content Type | News |
Article reports of clashes between the Turkish military and Kurdish separatists in south-east Turkey which escalated in August 2012 leaving 22 people dead and more than 15 wounded. Turkish officials confirmed that the clashes began after a group of around 200 fighters from the Kurdistan Workers’ party, or PKK, crossed into Turkey from northern Iraq The PKK is classified as a terrorist organisation by the EU and the US. It launched a guerrilla campaign in 1984 for an ethnic homeland in the Kurdish heartland in the south-east of Turkey. It has now dropped its claim to an independent Kurdish state, but says it is fighting for autonomy and the cultural rights of the Kurdish people. |
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Countries / Regions | Turkey |