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Residents of Kurdish City in Turkey Fear They Will Lose Their Homes

In Turkey's predominantly Kurdish southeast, the country's security forces have been fighting the PKK Kurdish separatist group for months. The fighting has caused massive destruction to the region's towns and cities, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to leave their homes. This is the case in Sur — a neighborhood in Diyarbakir, the region's main city. Dorian Jones has more from Diyarbakir.

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