"Turkey tries Kurds for rebel links
More than 150 people, including mayors, go on trial in Diyarbakir for alleged ties to Kurdistan Workers' Party.
Heavy security was in place outside the courthouse in Diyarbakir, the regional capital of the mainly Kurdish southeast, as the trial began on Monday.
Hundreds of people gathered outside the court in support of the suspects, as European rights activists and lawyers arrived in the city to monitor the case."
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