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Turkish president’s visit to Diyarbakir raises hopes of families protesting PKK
13:26 July 10, 2021 AA
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to mothers protesting the forcible recruitment practice of PKK terror group in southeastern Diyarbakir province has raised their hopes. Families of children abducted or forcibly recruited by the PKK terror group have been protesting in the Diyarbakir province since Sept. 3, 2019, encouraging their children to give up their weapons and surrender to Turkish authorities. The protest outside the office of the opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), which the government accuses of having links to the PKK, had started with three mothers who said their children had been forcibly recruited by the terrorists.