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AFP: Turkey arrests 70 for suspected Kurd rebel links

Turkey arrests 70 for suspected Kurd rebel links

(AFP) – 2 hours ago

ISTANBUL — Turkish police arrested more than 70 people in coordinated raids around the country on Tuesday for suspected links to outlawed Kurdish rebels, media reports said.

Lawyers for jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan and some members of the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) were among those arrested, security sources in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir said.

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