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Turkey: War on Kurds continues with 355,000 driven from homes
TURKEY claimed to have killed 35 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters in fending off an attack on a military base at the weekend.
Yesterday marked the first anniversary of renewed war between the Kurdish separatist organisation and the Turkish state.
Upheavals in the military since July 15’s failed coup have not affected the ongoing conflict, which Turkey’s Human Rights Foundation estimates has forced more than 355,000 people out of their homes.
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