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September 9, 2015

Turkey: Nationalists Attack Gov't Buildings, Pro-Kurdish Newspaper 
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In Turkey, a wave of nationalist violence swept the country overnight as
protesters attacked the headquarters of the pro-Kurdish HDP party and a
Kurdish newspaper office. The HDP says its offices were attacked in at
least a half-dozen cities, including in Ankara and in the southern
resort city of Alanya, where the headquarters were set on fire. In
Istanbul, nationalists attacked the headquarters of the Turkish
newspaper Hurriyet, smashing windows and throwing stones. The HDP party
was formed in 2012 as a left-leaning socialist party. It helped broker
peace talks between the Turkish government and the militant Kurdistan
Workers' Party, known as the PKK, before the truce collapsed earlier
this summer.

 

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