Kurds to rally in Turkey ahead of key local elections

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Sun, 2019-03-24 08:00

ISTANBUL: Thousands of supporters of a pro-Kurdish party gathered Sunday in Istanbul to celebrate the Kurdish New Year and to attend a campaign rally for local elections that will test the Turkish president’s popularity.

The Peoples’ Democratic Party, or HDP, held the event amid the municipal office races that have become polarizing and a government crackdown on its members for alleged links to outlawed Kurdish militants.

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