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| Kurds gather for PKK activists' funerals in Diyabakir | Kurds gather for PKK activists' funerals in Diyabakir |
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| Kurds are gathering in south-east Turkey for the funerals of three Kurdish activists killed in Paris. | Kurds are gathering in south-east Turkey for the funerals of three Kurdish activists killed in Paris. |
| The bodies of the three female activists of the separatist PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) were flown to Diyarbakir late on Wednesday night. | |
| PKK founding member Sakine Cansiz, Fidan Dogan and Leyla Soylemez were shot dead at a Kurdish centre in Paris last Thursday. | |
| No group has said it killed them but many Kurds blame elements of the state. | No group has said it killed them but many Kurds blame elements of the state. |
| Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, however, has suggested the deaths may have been intended to sabotage peace efforts. | Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, however, has suggested the deaths may have been intended to sabotage peace efforts. |
| Officials have been in talks with the jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan to put an end to the group's armed campaign. | Officials have been in talks with the jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan to put an end to the group's armed campaign. |
| Mr Erdogan has also said his government would continue anti-PKK operations until the Kurdish militants laid down their arms. | Mr Erdogan has also said his government would continue anti-PKK operations until the Kurdish militants laid down their arms. |
| On Wednesday Turkish jets reportedly bombed Kurdish targets in northern Iraq for a third consecutive day. | On Wednesday Turkish jets reportedly bombed Kurdish targets in northern Iraq for a third consecutive day. |
| Last year saw some of the heaviest fighting with the PKK in decades. Since the conflict began, more than 40,000 people have been killed. | Last year saw some of the heaviest fighting with the PKK in decades. Since the conflict began, more than 40,000 people have been killed. |
| The group, regarded by the US and EU as a terrorist organisation, launched an armed campaign for an ethnic Kurdish homeland in south-east Turkey in 1984. | The group, regarded by the US and EU as a terrorist organisation, launched an armed campaign for an ethnic Kurdish homeland in south-east Turkey in 1984. |
| Flag-draped coffins | Flag-draped coffins |
| Turkish security forces have been put on alert ahead of possible demonstrations by the Kurdish minority after the funerals. | Turkish security forces have been put on alert ahead of possible demonstrations by the Kurdish minority after the funerals. |
| In the cold outside the airport of Diyarbakir - the unofficial Kurdish capital in Turkey in south-east Turkey - a crowd chanted pro-Kurdish slogans on Wednesday night. | In the cold outside the airport of Diyarbakir - the unofficial Kurdish capital in Turkey in south-east Turkey - a crowd chanted pro-Kurdish slogans on Wednesday night. |
| Mr Erdogan and other Turkish political leaders have called for calm during the women's funerals. | Mr Erdogan and other Turkish political leaders have called for calm during the women's funerals. |
| Large crowds gathered at Istanbul when the bodies were flown back from France on Wednesday. | Large crowds gathered at Istanbul when the bodies were flown back from France on Wednesday. |
| At a memorial to honour the dead in the Parisian suburb of Villiers Le Bel earlier, thousands of Kurds paid tribute as the three coffins stood draped in Kurdish flags inside the community centre amid flowers and burning candles. | At a memorial to honour the dead in the Parisian suburb of Villiers Le Bel earlier, thousands of Kurds paid tribute as the three coffins stood draped in Kurdish flags inside the community centre amid flowers and burning candles. |