Tuesday, May 17, 2005

European push for retrial of Kurdish leader roils Turkey | csmonitor.com

"European push for retrial of Kurdish leader roils Turkey

The European Court of Human Rights says that guerrilla leader Abdullah Ocalan did not get a fair trial.

By Yigal Schleifer | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor

ISTANBUL, TURKEY � Responding to the decision of the European Court of Human Rights last week that Turkey should retry jailed Kurdish guerrilla leader Abdullah Ocalan, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan sounded a definitive note.
'Whether this case is reopened or not, the matter is a closed one for the nation's conscience,' he said."

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