Turkey puts Kurd activists on trial

Former members of the separatist Kurdistan Workers’ party went on trial in a Turkish court on the 17 June 2010 as Turkish soldiers fighting the rebel group returned from their first cross-border land foray into northern Iraq in more than two years.

The escalation in violence came after the PKK formally scrapped a unilateral ceasefire, claiming it was responding to Turkish military and political attacks.

ESO: Background Information: Turkey urges end to ethnic strife http://www.europeansources.info/record/turkey-urges-end-to-ethnic-strife/

BBC News, 16.6.10: Turkish troops 'pursue Kurdish rebels into Iraq' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/10334276.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

BBC News, 19.6.10: Ten Turkish soldiers killed in 'PKK raid' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/10356679.stm

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