"Tension over Kurds rises in Turkey ahead of spring festival
ISTANBUL, Turkey: Turkey is bracing for a new wave of trouble with Kurdish activists who, in years past, have seized on a spring festival as a rallying cry for their separatist struggle.
The March 21 festival of Nowruz comes amid court verdicts against Kurdish leaders, and an uptick in fighting in rugged terrain near the Iraq border."
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