ISTANBUL, Turkey — The tragic and bloody end to an hours-long hostage standoff inside an Istanbul courthouse on Tuesday has raised the tensions that still linger in Turkey nearly two years after nationwide anti-government protests put the country’s divisions in stark relief.
The standoff began Tuesday afternoon when members of a far-left terrorist organization infiltrated the building and took a prominent prosecutor, Mehmet Selim Kiraz, hostage. They were claiming to seek justice for the youngest person killed during police crackdowns on the so-called Gezi protests. Kiraz was investigating the case surrounding the teenaged boy’s death. Read more...
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