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Kurdish Crackdown Continues in Turkey, Despite Health Emergency

Dorian Jones

   ISTANBUL - Turkish security forces detained five elected Kurdish
   mayorsMondayin anti-terror raids, a move thatwascondemnedby human
   rights groups, asTurkeyis grapplingwith the coronavirus pandemic.

   The mayors are members of the pro-KurdishPeoples' Democratic Party
   (HDP), whichswiftlyattackedthe detentions.

   "We reject with hatred this vile attempt that does not shy away from
   showing enmity against Kurds,even in these difficult days when the
   whole world is battling an epidemic," saidMithatSancar,co-leader of the
   HDP.

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