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Turkey's Kurdish militants 'funded by drug trafficking' Anadolu Agency

Turkey's Kurdish militants 'funded by drug trafficking'

27 August 2015 17:49
Official says Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) takes up to $2.5 billion annually from drug trade

ANKARA

The Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) is partly financing its renewed armed campaign against the Turkish state through drug trafficking, a senior Turkish government official said Thursday.

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