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Sunday, December 13, 2009

Turkish Kurds vow parliamentary boycott - UPI.com

"Turkish Kurds vow parliamentary boycott

ISTANBUL, Turkey, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Kurdish lawmakers say they will boycott Turkish Parliament to protest a court ruling banning the nation's main Kurdish party.

The Constitutional Court unanimously banned the Democratic Society Party, DPT, for being a "focal point for terrorism," the judges said in a ruling Friday."

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