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Turkish soldiers accused of intimidating Kurdish farmers over the board in Iraq
Qandil, in Iraqi Kurdistan

TURKEY has been accused of intimidating and interrogating Kurdish villagers in the border area of Iraq, blocking farmers from their land and handing them over to mercenaries.

Agricultural workers have spoken of their arrest by Turkish soldiers operating in the Batifa district of Duhok, in the mountainous region that separates the two nations.

Farmer Idris Younes explained to the Rudaw news website: “The Turkish government captured me while I was in my car.

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