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    Turkey grants immunity to security forces fighting Kurdish militants

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    Turkey grants immunity to security forces fighting Kurdish militants Empty Turkey grants immunity to security forces fighting Kurdish militants

    Post by Rocky Sat 25 Jun 2016, 6:20 am

    Turkey grants immunity to security forces fighting Kurdish militants
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    Turkish parliament. Photo: EPA
    ANKARA,— Turkey’s parliament has granted immunity from prosecution to members of the armed forces conducting counter-terrorism operations as security forces battle Kurdish militants in Turkish Kurdistan in fighting that has killed thousands in the past year.
    The law, passed late on Thursday, gives expansive powers to the military as it tries to stamp out an insurgency by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) after last year’s collapse of a two-year ceasefire.
    Before becoming president in 2014, Tayyip Erdogan spent much of his rule as prime minister building up civilian oversight of the military. Critics say the new law undoes some of those reforms.

    The legislation could make it harder to investigate allegations of rights abuses. The United Nations and human rights groups have raised concerns about such violations during the last year of operations that have been centred in densely populated cities. Hundreds of civilians have been killed, according to opposition parties.
    Erdogan said 7,500 PKK fighters have been “neutralised” and almost 500 soldiers and police officers killed.
    Since July 2015, Turkey initiated a controversial military [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] against the PKK in the country’s southeastern Kurdish regions. Since the beginning of the campaign, Ankara has imposed several round-the-clock curfews, preventing civilians from fleeing regions where the military operations are being conducted.
    Activists have accused the security forces of causing huge destruction to urban centres and killing Kurdish civilians. But the government says the operations are essential for public safety, blaming the PKK for the damage.
    Pro-Kurdish opposition political parties say about 1,000 civilians, mostly Kurds, have perished in the fighting, since the Turkish offensive against the PKK centred in towns and cities in Turkish Kurdistan.
    Meanwhile, six Turkish soldiers were [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] in two attacks on Friday, the military said. Four soldiers were killed when an improvised explosive device detonated in Hakkari province, near the Iraqi Kurdistan border, it said on its website.
    Rebels opened fire and killed two soldiers near the Kurdish town of Derik in Mardin province, north of the Syrian border, it said.
    The PKK took up arms in 1984 against the Turkish state, which still denies the constitutional existence of Kurds, to push for greater autonomy for the Kurdish minority who make up around [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] of the country’s 78-million population. Over 40,000 people have been killed.
    A large Turkey’s Kurdish community openly sympathise with PKK rebels.

    The new law requires permission from the military or political leadership for any prosecutions of soldiers. The law will be applied retroactively, thereby covering the operations undertaken over the past year.
    Civil servants engaged in counter-terrorism activities will also be protected from prosecution, according to the law.
    It expands the jurisdiction of military courts, where members of the security forces accused of criminal activities during their service will be prosecuted. Military commanders are now able to issue search warrants, it also mandates.

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