"Turkey Disqualifies 12 Pro-Kurdish Politicians From Parliamentary Election
By SEBNEM ARSU
Published: April 18, 2011
ISTANBUL — Turkey’s senior election board on Monday disqualified 12 pro-Kurdish politicians from running for Parliament in the coming election on the grounds that they are legally unfit to be candidates. The unexpected move is likely to anger Kurds in the country’s restive southeast who have been seeking further representation. "
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