September 17, 2011



DIYARBAKIR, The Kurdish region of Turkey, — Turkish police have detained 95 Kurds in southeastern Turkey with suspected links to the separatist Kurdish PKK rebels, security sources said Saturday.



The detainees included members of the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) and elected officials from the assemblies of the southeastern Kurdish province of Sirnak and the cities of Cizre and Semdinli, the sources said.



The police started to raid the homes of party offices on Friday night and the operation went on until Saturday morning, they added.