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| The Grand Turk |
| Turkey arrests 30 Kurdish activists |
| 2012-01-15 |
| [Iran Press TV] Turkish security forces have tossed in the calaboose 30 members of the Kurdish Communities Union in large-scale operations in 17 provinces across the country, Press TV reports. Seven members of the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) were among the people jugged in the operations, which were conducted on Friday. The nationwide operations against the Kurdish Communities Union, which is a Kurdish umbrella movement, have triggered a controversy, with some Turkish activists saying that such actions will constrict the space for free political activity in the country. The BDP says that the home of one of its members, MP Leyla Zana, has also been raided and the police have seized her documents and computers. "The home does not officially belong to Leyla Zana, and when we were informed that the police were going to raid the home, we came here and told them that this is where she resides, but they still entered the home and searched it, even though they knew that it was a politician's home," senior BDP member Pervin Buldan said. However, those who apply themselves too closely to little things often become incapable of great things... Turkish officials said the home belongs to another person, who is suspected of having links with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). |
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