Turkish army seeks to free kidnapped Kurdish lawmaker
Published on 13 August 2012 - 10:37pm
Turkish security forces on Monday launched an operation seeking to free an ethnic Kurdish lawmaker kidnapped by Kurdish rebels in the east of the country.
Huseyin Aygun from the Republican People's Party (CHP) in the south-eastern city of Tunceli was abducted Sunday after his car was stopped by the rebels on the highway, security sources told AFP.
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