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Turkey: civilians feel strain of government push to wipe out PKK

From town to bloody battlefield, Cizre is one of dozens of areas affected by the fighting in Turkey’s restive southeast. Hundreds of thousands of

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Fighting intensifies in southeastern Turkey

Hundreds of mourners have marched through streets of the Turkish city of Diyarbakir to reach the city centre with the coffins of two PKK militants

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Erdogan vows to continue fight against PKK

Fighting continued in the Turkish town of Cizre Wednesday, as government forces shelled buildings they say were being used by the outlawed Kurdistan

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Death toll mounts as Ankara continues its PKK clampdown in Kurdish towns

The Turkish authorities claim 24 people described as “terrorists” have been killed in a big clean-up operation ongoing in a part of Diyabakir and two

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Clashes in Nusaybin in south eastern Turkey

Police fired tear gas as clashes broke out in the south eastern Turkish district of Nusaybin. They happened after a group of deputies from the

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Turkey: PKK announces end of ceasefire

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, the PKK, said on Thursday it was calling off a month-long ceasefire. The announcement came a day after Turkey’s

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Turkey imposes media blackout on reporting of Saturday's twin bombing

As the search for suspects connected to Saturday’s twin suicide bombing in Ankara goes on, the government has imposed a temporary media blackout on

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Turkey must set its own policy to face the Syrian crisis -HDP leader

Ahead of Turkey's general elections scheduled on November 1, euronews spoke to Selahattin Demirtas, co-leader of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).

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Turkey: Soldiers hurt by roadside bomb as conflict with PKK escalates

A roadside bomb has injured at least a dozen soldiers in eastern Turkey. The country has seen daily violence since July when a ceasefire with the

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Violence and unrest continue in Cizre

There has been no let-up in tension in the Kurdish city of Cizre. An eight-day curfew has been reinstated after a 24 hour hiatus. Turkey’s Civil War

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Turkey's turmoil threatens to derail elections

Turkish police have blocked senior Kurdish politicians from marching to a town under a week-long curfew. Led by the co-chair of the Peoples’

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14 police officers killed by PKK bomb attack in eastern Turkey

At least 14 police officers have been killed by Kurdish militants in a bomb attack in Turkey, widening a conflict with the Turkish state. Tuesday’s

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Turkey continues to pound PKK targets

Turkish jets are continuing to pound Kurdistan Workers’ Party targets in northern Iraq. Ankara says many of the PKK’s fighters have been killed

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Turkey pledges to wipe out the PKK after the Kurdish separatist group killed 16 soldiers on Sunday

Premises belonging to or being used by the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party – the HDP – were attacked across Turkey on Monday. Turkish

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Turkey vows to clear PKK stronghold as violence grows

Turkish aircraft have launched retaliatory airstrikes on PKK positions in the country’s mountainous southeast region. After Kurdish bombing kills 16

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Turkey: air strikes launched against PKK targets

The Turkish government has launched air strikes against 13 known targets of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party or PKK, in retaliation for an attack that is

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Turkish soldiers killed in PKK convoy attack

A number of Turkish soldiers have been killed in a bomb attack on an convoy of armoured vehicles in the southeast of the country. Kurdish rebel

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Several killed in Turkey as soldiers clash with Kurdish militants

Up to six people, including at least four civilians, have been killed in clashes between Turkey’s armed forces and militants in the mainly Kurdish

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Turkey accuses BBC of supporting 'terrorism'

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Turkey: Erdogan promises 'no terrorists will be left'

The human cost of the spiralling violence is beginning to be felt in Turkey. Relatives have gathered to mourn a soldier killed when militants