Turkey’s Kurds
Violent times
A worrying escalation of violence in Turkey’s mainly Kurdish south-east
Aug 18th 2012 | ANKARA
ON AUGUST 12th rebels from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) kidnapped Huseyin Aygun, a prominent opposition MP, as he toured the mainly Kurdish eastern province of Tunceli. He was released 48 hours later, but the rebels got their desired publicity by abducting an MP right under the authorities’ noses. “They did it for propaganda purpose, they did me no harm,” declared Mr Aygun before passing on his captors’ “desire for peace”.
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