"Babacan blames anti-EU circles…
The New Anatolian / Ankara
Treasury Minister and chief European Union negotiator Ali Babacan over the weekend accused circles working to block Turkey's progress on its path towards EU membership of provoking the recent demonstrations in the southeast.
The unrest in cities in the southeast, and in particular in Diyarbakir, has been going for a week, with riots between demonstrators and police claiming the lives of eight people and adversely affecting daily life in the region. "
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