ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish prosecutor launched an investigation on Thursday into the head of the pro-Kurdish opposition over accusations that he "provoked and armed" protesters during demonstrations in the country's southeast last year, local media said.
The chief prosecutor's office in the mostly Kurdish province of Diyarbakir opened the inquiry into Selahattin Demirtas, head of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), who has been accused by President Tayyip Erdogan of links to Kurdish militants.
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