"FEATURE-Europe seems far away in unstable southeast Turkey
07 Dec 2005 22:29:34 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Daren Butler
HAKKARI, Turkey, Dec 8 (Reuters) - In the shadow of mountains bordering Iraq and Iran, Turkey's Hakkari province may one day be an outpost of the European Union. But for now, it feels cut off from the world.
Its picturesque valleys and snowy peaks shelter communities ravaged by more than 20 years of separatist conflict, which has devastated traditional livestock farming and forced many local Kurds to turn to smuggling to earn a living."
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