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Suzanna Koster

Turkish Demonstrators Describe Police Brutality, Unprecedented Use Of Tear Gas; 2 Dead In Protests

Two demonstrators have been killed — one in Istanbul, one in Antakya — and 1,000 more injured in battles with riot police wielding tear gas.

June 05th, 2013

By Suzanna Koster

Turkish Demonstrators Describe Police Brutality, Unprecedented Use Of Tear Gas; 2 Dead In Protests

ANKARA, Turkey — Cengiz Ulas is no stranger to protests and police brutality. But this time, things are different, he says. “There was never so much gas, and they aim it directly at people,” Ulas, 56, said at a late-night demonstration in the Turkish capital, Ankara. He began his protest career when he was a student, as a staunch supporter of

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‘Unprecedented Peace’: Kurdish Militants Withdraw, While Turkey Drafts Minority Rights

PKK fighters will gradually withdraw, while Turkish authorities will draft a new constitution that is expected to enshrine rights for minorities, including Kurds.

May 08th, 2013

By Suzanna Koster

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey — Reaci Caner was just 5-years-old when he saw, from his window, Turkish soldiers humiliate his father, grandfather and other village men just because they were Kurdish. The soldiers called the men donkeys, then climbed on their backs and “rode” them in the streets. Episodes like this stopped only when guerrillas from the

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