Thursday, September 10, 2015

Turkey opens criminal inquiry on Kurdish political leader - FT.com

Turkey opens criminal inquiry on Kurdish political leader

David O’Byrne in Istanbul

Turkish prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into Selahattin Demirtas the joint leader of the country’s main pro-Kurdish political party a move that will heighten tensions amid mob violence against ethnic Kurds and the bloody conflict with outlawed Kurdish militants.

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