Turkey vows revenge for Kurdish attacks

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Series Details 20.10.11
Publication Date 20/10/2011
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Turkey has vowed to wreak 'great revenge' on Kurdish militants for the deaths of 24 policemen and soldiers on the 19 October 2011 as tension increases in both the south-east of the country and neighbouring northern Iraq.

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BBC News, 19.10.11: Turkish troops pursue Kurdish rebels into Iraq http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15369352
ESO: Background information: Turkey vows crackdown in response to Kurdish attack http://www.europeansources.info/record/turkey-vows-crackdown-in-response-to-kurdish-attack/
Deutsche Welle, 19.10.11: Ankara places indirect blame on Europe for PKK violence http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15473878,00.html
France24, 19.10.11: Turkish soldiers killed in attacks by Kurdish guerillas http://www.france24.com/en/20111019-turkish-soldiers-killed-series-attacks-kurdish-guerillas-hakkari-province-erdogan

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