Erdogan defiant after Kurdish rebels kill 12

Turkey’s prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, issued a message of defiance and national unity on the 20 June 2010 after 12 soldiers were killed in the preceding days in the worst attacks in 2010 by Kurdish rebels.

ESO: Background information: Turkey puts Kurd activists on trial http://www.europeansources.info/record/turkey-puts-kurd-activists-on-trial/

BBC News, 20.6.10: Turkey's PM Erdogan vows to 'annihilate' PKK rebels http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/10359237.stm

Deutsche Welle, 19.6.10: Twenty-two dead as Turkish troops clash with Kurdish rebels http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5709990,00.html

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