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 KURDISH UNREST CONTINUES NEAR SYRIA |
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ANKARA [MENL] -- Kurdish unrest has spread throughout much of southern
Turkey.Officials said Kurdish insurgents have helped foment riots throughout
southeastern Turkey over the last week. They said some of the organizers
came from such neighbors as Iran, Iraq and Syria.On Saturday, about 1,000 Kurds rampaged through the town of Kiziltepe
near the Syrian border. Officials said the Kurds, many of them youngsters,
torched two banks, a building used by the ruling Justice and Development
Party and battled Turkish security forces.One person was killed and another 10 were injured in Kiziltepe,
officials said. So far, eight people have been killed in what officials
termed the worst civil unrest in Turkey since the late 1970s.
editor@menewsline.com for further details. 
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