Tens of Thousands Attend Funeral of Slain Kurdish Activists -- Voice of America
ISTANBUL — A funeral ceremony for the three Kurdish activists killed in Paris took place in Diyarbakir, Turkey Thursday. The ceremony turned into a powerful show of force for the Kurdish nationalist movement.
Tens of thousands of people filled the streets of Diyarbakir, the regional capital of Turkey's predominantly Kurdish region, to pay their last respects to the slain activists.
Sabahat Tuncel, a parliamentary deputy for the pro Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party, sent a defiant message.
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