"Ankara's exercise in futility
Turkey has attacked Kurdish PKK bases in northern Iraq again, but the policy isn't working
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The conflict between Turkey and the PKK shows no sign of being resolved and looks set to continue indefinitely. Clashes last weekend between Turkish forces and the Kurdish rebels – who have been fighting since 1970, initially for Kurdish independence and, now, greater Kurdish civil rights – resulted in casualties on both sides. Turkey responded by way of airstrikes on suspected PKK bases in northern Iraq. This tit-for-tat process continued on Wednesday with a PKK ambush on a police shuttle in south-east Turkey."
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