By Seyhmus Cakan DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkish security forces killed one person and wounded six on Friday when they fired on a group protesting against the construction of a new gendarmerie outpost in Kurdish-dominated southeastern Turkey, officials said. The incident appeared to be the most violent in the region since a ceasefire declaration by Kurdish militant chief Abdullah Ocalan in March that led to a virtual standstill in the conflict between his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and the Turkish state. …

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/kurdish-party-press-turkish-government-protest-marches-102646235.html

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