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17:16, August 9, 2012

A news report in today's Azerbaijani Trend news agency, referring to the Turkish newspaper Sabah article, alleges that the Interior Minister of Turkey, Idris Naim Sahin recently stated that of the 170 "terrorists" of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party recently killed in a Turkish military operation in the Hakkiri district, some were Armenian citizens.

According to the Trend news item, Sahin said that half of 170 "terrorists" were foreigners and that along with Armenian citizens, there were also citizens of Iran, Syria, Iraq and Israel.

I did find an article about the Turkish offensive which quotes Sahin as saying:  Read more... (200 words)

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