Turkey tries scores of Kurdish mayors
Fifty-six Kurdish mayors have gone on trial in Diyarbekir, a city in southeastern Turkey, on charges of supporting Kurdish separatists. The men were charged with “supporting terrorism” on Tuesday for writing a joint letter to Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Danish prime minister ,last December. The mayors had asked Fogh Rasmussen to ignore the Turkish government’s call to close down Roj TV, a Denmark-based Kurdish television station. Full Story