TURKISH Kurds marked the 31st anniversary on Saturday of the start of the armed struggle for national rights, as the prospect of peace further receded.

The Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK), a sister organisation of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), celebrated the August 15 1984 attacks on two police stations that began the PKK’s armed campaign.

The attacks were led by Mahsum Korkmaz, known as “Agit,” who was killed less than two years later by Turkish forces.