Fearing militant attacks, Turks arrest Kurdish activists
Thomas Seibert
Mar 17, 2012
ISTANBUL // Police arrested dozens of Kurdish activists this week as the discovery of weapons and explosives raised fears of attacks by Kurdish militants during a spring festival.
Police searched apartments in Istanbul and other cities and detained the activists, including officials of Turkey's main Kurdish party, the Party for Peace and Democracy (BDP). A number of weapons and explosives were found, news reports said. According to a count by the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, an independent rights group, 75 people accused of supporting Kurdish militants were arrested between March 10 and Thursday. Another 15 people were arrested yesterday.
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