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January 14, 2016

Turkey: Car Bomb Blast Kills Six in Southeast
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In Turkey, a car bomb blast has killed at least six people and wounded
39 after hitting a southeastern police headquarters. No one has taken
responsibility for the attack, but the Turkish government is blaming the
Kurdistan Workers' Party, known as the PKK. Meanwhile, more than 1,000
academics, including Noam Chomsky, have signed a letter calling for the
end to the Turkish government's widespread crackdown on Kurdish
communities amid renewed fighting between Turkish security forces and
the PKK. Under the banner Academics for Peace, the letter states:
"[Turkey] has attacked these settlements with heavy weapons and
equipment that would only be mobilized in wartime. ... This deliberate
and planned massacre is in serious violation of Turkey's own laws and
international treaties to which Turkey is a party."


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