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Kurds clash with Turkish police The News International DIYARBAKIR, Turkey: Thousands of Kurds clashed with police Sunday in Istanbul and the southern city of Diyarbakir after police used water cannon and tear gas to try and stop Kurdish New Year festivities. Turkish authorities had rejected a Kurdish ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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Turkish Press Review (19 March 2011) Journal of Turkish Weekly ANKARA (AA) - Daily newspapers in Turkey mostly covered in their Monday editions rallies in Istanbul and Diyarbakir for an early celebration of the Nevruz holiday, Sunday's meeting between Turkish premier and head of the country's top intelligence ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Newroz exposes neurosis Sunday's Zaman As I wrote these lines, the blackout of the news in the Turkish media was so widespread and the pro-BDP news sources were so unreliable that I could only have a rough sense of the impact. The result was a partial urban paralysis in İstanbul, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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BDP Executive Dies from Gas Bomb during Newroz 'Celebrations' Bianet In Diyarbakır, a city in the pre-dominantly Kurdish region of south-easternTurkey, about 1500 people came together in front of the BDP office to go to the location of the celebration. People who wanted to reach the location from different districts ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Turkish police fight Kurdish rebels Sky News Australia Turkish police fight Kurdish rebels Updated: 15:58, Monday March 19, 2012 InTurkey one man has died in clashes with the police after authorities rejected Kurdish demands to celebrate their New Year on Monday. Despite officials declaring Wednesday 21 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
MÜMTAZER TÜRKÖNE Today's Zaman The PKK leaders in the Kandil Mountains have sent the message to their supporters in Turkey that they “should ensure the broadest participation possible in the Nevruz festivities.” This message can be seen as their quest for securing legitimacy. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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Turkish police fire tear gas on Kurdish festivities Business Recorder (blog) Turkish police used water cannon, tear gas and baton charges to break up Kurdish demonstrations across the country on Sunday, a sign of rising tension ahead of the Kurdish New Year next week. Turkey's pro-Kurdish party and Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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Sheer incompetence Hurriyet Daily News (press release) The more the Turkish state has struggled to kill the political connotations of the celebration for ethnic Kurds, the more the celebration has acquired political importance. Eventually, ministers, governors and even top commanders began participating in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
MERVE BÜŞRA ÖZTÜRK Today's Zaman Hundreds of demonstrators, some armed with homemade bombs and Molotov cocktails, clashed with the police in Diyarbakır, resulting in two injuries. Yeni Şafak's Mehmet Şeker takes a look at the different meanings of Nevruz: “Nevruz means 'the new day' ... See all stories on this topic » |
Armenian-language courses launch in Diyarbakir, Turkey | Armenia ... The Mayor of Sur had also published several Armenian tales in Turkish and Armenian… news.am/eng/news/97366.html |


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