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Saturday, November 24, 2007

AFP: Turkish PM says more democracy will finish off Kurdish rebels

"Turkish PM says more democracy will finish off Kurdish rebels

5 hours ago ANKARA (AFP) — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a strong appeal Saturday for expanding the democratic rights of the Kurdish community to erode support for separatism and finish off rebels. Erdogan stressed that Turkey had reached 'a very critical stage' in its struggle against the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and that the rebels were 'besieged from all sides' with international support."

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