Four Kidnapped workers released in southeast Turkey

Four Kidnapped workers released in southeast Turkey

Four workers, who had been kidnapped by members of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) in the southeastern province of Siirt last month, were freed late Sunday, an official statement said on Monday.

The statement issued by Siirt Governor's Office said that the PKK members, who kidnapped four workers in a construction site in Sirvan town of Siirt on September 8, released the workers on Sunday.

Listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union, the PKK took up arms in 1984 to create an ethnic homeland in southeastern Turkey. More than 40,000 people have been killed in conflicts involving the PKK during the past over two decades.

Editor: Deng Shasha

English.news.cn   2011-10-03 21:01:33 FeedbackPrintRSS
ANKARA, Oct. 3 (Xinhua)