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DIYARBAKIR, Turkey: Turkish government, Kurdish authorities argue over Yazidi refugees | Syria | McClatchy DC

Turkish government, Kurdish authorities argue over Yazidi refugees

By Roy Gutman

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey — In a picnic grove nestled in wheat and cotton fields just south of Diyarbakir, municipal officials have set up a refugee camp for more than 4,000 Yazidis who fled the threat of genocide when Islamic State extremists captured their cities in early August.

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