Iran Reviews > Thousands of Kurds rally in Turkey as PKK-rebel envoys detained
[KurdNet News ekurd.net] A small group of unarmed Kurdish rebels in combat dress crossed into Turkey from northern Iraq on Monday in a show of support for peace with the Turkish government. Thirty-four Kurds walked across the Iraqi-Turkish Habur border gate, where they were immediately detained by paramilitary police and moved to the headquarters of a nearby military battalion for questioning by four prosecutors, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported.
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[KurdNet News ekurd.net] 31 detained in Turkey over Kurdish PKK rebel links: The PKK is considered a 'terrorist' organization by Ankara, U.S., the PKK continues to be on the blacklist list in EU despite court ruling which overturned a decision to place the Kurdish rebel group PKK and its political wing on the European Union's terror list.
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roujinow: Although the Kurds celebrate Nowruz, it was not however until 2005 that Kurdish population of Turkey could celebrate their new year openly. "Thousands of people have been detained in Turkey, as the authorities take action against suspected supporters of the Kurdish rebel movement, the PKK The holiday is now official in Turkey after international pressure on the Turkish government to lift culture bans.
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[My Blog] Kurds cross Iraqi border to Turkey to seek peace: as the group left from a refugee camp, Anatolia reported. The eight fighters joined the convoy from a rebel camp in Iraq's Qandil mountains, where Turkey says the leaders of the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, are in hiding.
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