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"Erdogan to Turkey's Kurds Democracy is the answer

By Hidir Goktas
REUTERS

9:03 a.m. August 12, 2005

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey – Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan pledged solidarity with the people of Turkey's troubled southeast on Friday and said democratic reforms were the answer to the problems of the mainly ethnic Kurdish region.

Erdogan's one-day visit to the regional capital Diyarbakir coincides with an upsurge in violent attacks by Kurdish separatist guerrillas who have claimed responsibility for a series of bomb blasts on security and tourist targets."

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