Turkey detains 170 people over Kurdish Nevruz celebrations

Turkish police detained 170 people in raids linked to Nevruz celebrations over the past week as part of Ankara’s continued crackdown on Kurdish political expression despite ongoing peace talks with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Turkish Minute reported. Nevruz, the spring festival widely celebrated across the region, carries added political weight in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority […] The post Turkey detains 170 people over Kurdish Nevruz celebrations appeared first on Stockholm Cent...

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