Turkey Extends Emergency Rule In Ni

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From: Arm The Spirit <ats at locust.cic.net>
Subject: Turkey Extends Emergency Rule In Nine Provinces

Turkey Extends Emergency Rule In Nine Provinces 

ANKARA, Nov 28 (Reuter) - Turkey's parliament on Thursday voted to extend 
emergency rule for four months in the southeast, where troops have been 
fighting a Kurdish insurgency for more than 12 years. 

"Emergency rule has been extended for four months in nine provinces. Let 
us hope this is for the last time," deputy parliament speaker Kamer Genc 
told MPs after the vote, which was decided on a show of hands. 

Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan vowed earlier this month to lift 
emergency rule completely. 

The new extension abolished emergency rule in Mardin, bordering Syria, 
but the military will have extensive powers there as it adjoins the 
emergency rule region. 

The four-month extension goes into effect from November 30. 

Emergency rule has been in force in 10 provinces since 1987 as part of 
Ankara's strategy to combat Kurdish rebels fighting for self-rule in 
southeastern Turkey. 

More than 21,000 people have died in the conflict between Kurdistan 
Workers Party (PKK) rebels and Turkish armed forces. 


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