Turkey appoints administrators to run two southeast municipalities - officials
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Turkey appointed administrators to take over two municipalities in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir, taking control of councils which had been run by a pro-Kurdish party because of its alleged support for Kurdish militants, security officials said.
The government has accused the party of being an extension of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), deemed a terrorist organization by Ankara and its Western allies which has fought a three-decades-old conflict with the state in the mainly Kurdish southeast.
(Writing by Daren Butler; Editing by Humeyra Pamuk)
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