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Report: Kurdish rebels kidnap 12 Turkish teachers - Taiwan News Online

Report: Kurdish rebels kidnap 12 Turkish teachers

Turkey's government has condemned a series of kidnappings of teachers by suspected Kurdish rebels who aim to disrupt education in the Turkish language as the government refuses to allow education in Kurdish.

Turkish media, citing local authorities, said Thursday the rebels kidnapped 12 teachers in the country's southeast over the past week.

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