"Turkey's top court bans pro-Kurdish party
11 Dec 2009 16:54:41 GMT
Source: Reuters
ANKARA, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Turkey's top court on Friday closed the country's main pro-Kurdish party for having links to PKK Kurdish rebels in a ruling that could undermine efforts to end a long-running conflict with the separatists.
The European Union, which Turkey hopes to join, had warned that banning the party would violate Kurdish rights."
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