"Turkey's PM, eyeing Kurdish votes, pledges new projects ahead of parliamentary elections
By The Associated Press – 8 minutes ago
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey's prime minister on Wednesday announced new projects for a major city with a mostly Kurdish population in a bid to win the support of Kurds in June 12 elections.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan promised the restoration of Diyarbakir's 3 mile-long (6 kilometre-long) 11th-century city walls, building projects to replace shanty towns, a new airport, new hospitals and a large stadium for the city's football team, Diyarbakirspor."
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