Sunday, December 09, 2012

Turkey arrests officials from legal pro-Kurdish BDP

Turkey arrests officials from legal pro-Kurdish BDP

Sun Dec 9, 2012 2:16PM GMT

Turkish security forces have arrested tens of activists and politicians in the southeastern part of the country as part of Ankara's crackdown on pro-Kurdish activists.

According to the police, the arrests were made in three southeastern cities on Saturday and that most of the detainees were local officials from the legal pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) and other civic groups.

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