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Sunday, September 13, 2015

In Turkey, the cycle of violence begins anew | The National

In Turkey, the cycle of violence begins anew

Joseph Dana

September 13, 2015 Updated: September 13, 2015 04:08 PM

Last Saturday, the Turkish military lifted a crushing nine-day curfew of the city of Cizre. As journalists and observers poured into the predominantly Kurdish southeastern Turkish city, they were confronted with wanton destruction and evidence of a large-scale military campaign. One foreign correspondent found that several buildings had been destroyed while others were pockmarked with bullet holes. The Turkish military maintained a strict regime of checkpoints on the perimeter of the city.

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