Curfew announced in Diyarbak?r after bar head's killing

A curfew was declared in the southeastern town of Sur, where the Diyarbak?r Bar Association head Tahir Elçi was killed early on Nov. 28.

Diyarbat?r Governor's Office said Elçi and one policeman were killed in a gun attack as two officials were wounded.

"This incident shows how righteous is Turkey in its determination in struggle against terrorism," 

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an said in a speech in Bal?kesir, vowing to continue the struggle until the end.

Elçi and accompanying lawyers made a press meeting on the damage of the earlier clashes in Sur before the gun shots were heard.

Do?an News Agency quoted eye witnesses a saying that one bearded man fired at Elçi, but it is still uncertain whether the bar chief was targeted.

Anadolu Agency said the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was responsible for the attack.

Anadolu Agency reporter Aziz Aslan was also wounded.

A Turkish prosecutor demanded last month up to seven years and six months in jail for Elçi on the grounds of "making propaganda of a terror organization," after remarks he made regarding the PKK.

The Istanbul Bak?rköy Chief Public Prosecutor's Office prepared the indictment after Elçi said "the PKK is not a terror organization" during a live TV show on private broadcaster CNNTürk on Oct. 14. It demanded that he be jailed for from one year and six months to seven years and six months.

Elçi was first detained by police in Diyarbak?r late on Oct. 19 and was released on probation on Oct. 20, but he was barred from traveling out of Turkey.

The indictment was sent to the Bak?rköy 2nd Court of Serious Crimes, along with a statement about why the PKK should be defined as a terror organization.

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