"Turkey PM vows to do more for Kurds
Published: Wednesday, 5 April, 2006, 11:49 AM Doha Time
ANKARA: Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday pledged more democracy and prosperity for Turkey’s troubled Kurdish minority after deadly riots that raised fears of renewed ethnic conflict in the country.
The EU, which Turkey is seeking to join, urged Ankara to show restraint in quelling the unrest that claimed 15 lives over the past week as security forces opened fire to disperse Kurdish youths torching banks and public buildings, vandalising shops and hurling firebombs.
The death toll included three women killed on Sunday in Istanbul when a molotov cocktail attack set a bus on fire, causing it to crash into another vehicle."
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