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Thursday, March 14, 2013

Turkey's Kurds see best hope yet of end to three-decade war - swissinfo.ch

Turkey's Kurds see best hope yet of end to three-decade war

By Nick Tattersall

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Kurdish politician Abdullah Demirbas is haunted by the nightmare vision of his two sons meeting in the hills of southeastern Turkey.

The first left home at 16 to join Kurdish rebels fighting the Turkish army, and now his older brother is signing up on the government side. Like many Kurds weary of a war that has killed 40,000, he prays talks between fighters and government will bring the swift, lasting peace that has eluded generations.

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