Civilians caught in crossfire in district in Diyarbakr,where Turkish security forces beget been trying to flush out Kurdish militantsA small crowd of people peer through a police barricade in the district of Sur in Diyarbakır, south-east Turkey, and as heavy artillery and machine-gun fire echo through the streets. Most are friends and relatives of an estimated 200 people thought to be trapped on the other side,living among ruined buildings in neighbourhoods that beget been under curfew for months.
Turkey’s mainly Kurdish south-east has suffered the worst violence in two decades since a ceasefire between Ankara and the Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK) fell apart final July, leaving the three-year peace process in tatters and reviving a conflict that has killed more than 40000 people since 1984. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com