"Violence in southeast Turkey overshadows EU drive
27 Sep 2005 14:26:31 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Daren Butler
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Anticipation is mounting in Turkey ahead of next week's start of European Union membership talks. Even Kurdish guerrillas have caught the fever.
Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) commanders holed up in the northern Iraqi mountains have marked the date in their diaries, extending a ceasefire until Oct. 3 and pledging support for a democratic solution to the Kurdish problem."
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