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Leading Kurdish rights activist killed in southeast Turkey clashes -
Tahir Elci had previously received death threats for saying the PKK was 'not a terrorist organization'One of Turkey's leading Kurdish rights activists has been killed during clashes between the police and gunmen in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir.
Tahir Elci, head of the Diyarbakir Bar Association, was killed while delivering a press conference. Video footage from the scene shows police and gunmen exchanging gunfire:
The state-run news agency Anadolu Agency said Elci was killed by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
Activists on Twitter disputed the accusation, pointing out that the Kurdish lawyer had previously been threatened with jail for saying that the PKK was “not a terrorist organization,” and blamed the Turkish police.
- See more at: http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/leading-kurdish-rights-activist-killed-clashes-southeast-turkey-842912551#sthash.gwmhZ3pw.dpuf