Firat

But the PKK said in Firat news Monday it has extended the ceasefire until the country's general elections next year.

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A spokesman for Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the government was evaluating the statement on Firat, but had not yet formulated a response.

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On Wednesday, Murat Karayilan, the military leader of the Kurdısh Workers' Party, or PKK, called the June elections a "referendum on Kurdish democratic autonomy," the Kurdish Firat news agency reported.

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A sit-in was held in the main Kurdish city of Diyarbakir on Wednesday to protest the decision to bar Mr. Dicle, the Firat news agency reported.

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Pro-Kurdish news agency Firat quotes the statement as saying the attack was in retaliation for what it called "police terror."

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The PKK, or Kurdistan Workers Party, ended the six-month cease-fire in a statement published on its news agency, Firat.

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On Friday, the PKK's acting leader Murat Karayilan told the Kurdish Firat news agency that the decision on Mr. Dicle's candidacy was "cause for war."

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"As the Kurdish nation we are declaring democratic autonomy in the light of international human-rights documents… staying bound to the national unity of the peoples of Turkey," said Aysel Tugluk, co-chair of the Congress, and an elected deputy for the mainly Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party, or BDP, in a statement carried by the Kurdish Firat news agency.

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"As the Kurdish nation we are declaring democratic autonomy in the light of international human-rights documents… staying bound to the national unity of the peoples of Turkey," said Aysel Tugluk, co-chair of the Congress and an elected deputy for the mainly Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party, or BDP, in a statement carried by the Kurdish Firat news agency.

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"Year 2012 will be a year of an unavoidable democratic solution and end of AKP's attack policies," he warned in an interview published on Friday by Kurdish Firat news agency.

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