Monday, July 23, 2007

First Pro-Kurdish MPs in Ankara for 16 years

"First Pro-Kurdish MPs in Ankara for 16 years
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There was jubilation too in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir in the south east of Turkey. Pro-Kurdish politicians will take their seats in parliament for the first time since the early nineties. Under the Turkish system, a party has to win more than 10 per cent of the national vote to be allowed into the assembly."

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