February 1999 Kurdish protests
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title:
February 1999 Kurdish protests
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The February 1999 Kurdish protests were held by Kurds in Turkey, Iran and by the Kurdish diaspora worldwide, after Kurdistan Workers' Party leader Abdullah Öcalan had been captured at the Nairobi airport in Kenya, after having left the Greek embassy, and was brought to Turkey to stand trial for terrorism promoting separatism and treason. In response to Öcalan's capture, Kurds staged protests in over 20 European cities, as well as in Canada and Australia, attacking Greek, Kenyan and Turkish diplo
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Protests in Turkey
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_1999_Kurdish_protests
date created:
2012-10-14T20:07:44Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T11:02:33Z
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