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Kurdish community shocked by police raids in Edinburgh | CommonSpace

1.9.17

Kurdish community shocked by police raids in Edinburgh | CommonSpace: Scottish Solidarity with Kurdistan and the Kurdish Community Centre condemned the raids as “an open form of racism” and have said that they believe that pressure from the Turkish consulate is behind the raids.

Police confirmed that searches were carried out as part of an ongoing investigation into possible support or fundraising for the PKK, or Kurdistan Workers’ Party, which is classified as a terrorist organisaton.

The events form part of a politically fraught situation, as a decades-long conflict in Turkey continues.


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