Funerals also held for two policemen killed in the attack in Diyarbakır, as Turkish PM pledges to catch the killers
Thousands of people have gathered for the funeral of Tahir Elci, a Kurdish lawyer and human rights activist gunned down in Diyarbakır, which has been at the centre of months of violence.
In Photos: Diyarbakır Bar Association head laid to rest after murder
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Tahir Elci was killed in Diyarbakir weeks after he said on television that the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, was not a terrorist organisation
Now is the time to speak up, even if our words can be found wanting in the face of complex realities and the merciless world of politics.
Street protest after leading lawyer Tahir Elci was killed in an armed attack, November 28, 2015. Demotix/ erhan demerits. Some rights reserved.
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