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Distro - Kurdish-Turkish Conflict 

Moises Saman 

On assignment for The New York Times Magazine, Moises Saman traveled to the Kurdish region of southeast Turkey to cover the recent flare-up in Kurdish-Turkish relations.
Originating in the 1980s, the conflict boiled over during the 1990s when government forces raided and emptied Kurdish towns to counter the growth of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party). Tensions subsided when Recep Erdogan came to power, with him promoting development in Kurdish regions. The Syrian Civil War and specifically ISIS’ incursion into Syrian and Iraqi Kurdistan have disrupted progress and introduced new dynamics to the... 

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TURKEY. Cizre. March 2, 2016. Kurdish residents of Cizre survey... 

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TURKEY. Cizre. March 2, 2016. Kurdish residents of Cizre gather... 

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TURKEY. Cizre. March 2, 2016. Residents of the Cudi district... 

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TURKEY. Cizre. March 3, 2016. Kurdish residents of the Noor district... 

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TURKEY. Cizre. March 2, 2016. Kurdish residents of Cizre survey... 

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TURKEY. Cizre. March 3, 2016. Kurdish residents of the Noor district... 

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TURKEY. Cizre. March 3, 2016. Kurdish residents of the Noor district... 

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TURKEY. Cizre. March 2, 2016. A Kurdish family sits in front... 

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TURKEY. Cizre. March 2, 2016. A boy walks amid the rubble of... 

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TURKEY. Cizre. March 2, 2016. Kurdish residents of Cizre survey... 

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TURKEY. Cizre. March 2, 2016. A Kurdish man stands amid the rubble... 

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TURKEY. Cizre. March 2, 2016. Kurdish residents of Cizre survey... 

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TURKEY. Cizre. March 2, 2016. Women walk past the rubble of a... 

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TURKEY. Cizre. March 4, 2016. A Kurdish mother and her daughter... 

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Cizre, TURKEY. March 4, 2016. A Kurdish woman surveys the damage... 

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TURKEY. Cizre. March 4, 2016. Bullet hole through the window... 

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TURKEY. Silopi. March 4, 2016. Boys play next to damaged houses... 

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TURKEY. Diyarbakir. February 29, 2016. Shops damaged during fighting... 

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TURKEY. Sitilele. March 8, 2016. Kurdish relatives of PKK fighter... 

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TURKEY. Mardin. March 6, 2016. Roza, a Kurdish-Turkish former... 

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TURKEY. Diyarbakir. March 2, 2016. Shopkeepers react to tear... 

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TURKEY. Nusaybin. March 7, 2016. Barricades made from bricks... 

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TURKEY. Nusaybin. March 7, 2016. Kurdish civilians walk past... 

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TURKEY. Nusaybin. March 7, 2016. Armed Kurdish YPG fighters behind... 

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TURKEY. Nusaybin. March 7, 2016. A unit of female Kurdish YPG... 

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TURKEY. Nusaybin. March 7, 2016. A unit of female Kurdish YPG... 

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TURKEY. Nusaybin. March 7, 2016. Omer Aydin, 27, a Kurdish-Turkish... 

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TURKEY. Nusaybin. March 7, 2016. Omer Aydin, 27, a Kurdish-Turkish... 

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TURKEY. Nusaybin. March 7, 2016. Rodja, 21, is a female Kurdish-Turkish... 

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TURKEY. Cizre. March 5, 2016. Kurdish MP Faysal Sariyildiz (center)... 

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TURKEY. Cizre. March 5, 2016. Kurdish men carry the body of 14-year-old... 

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TURKEY. Cizre. March 5, 2016. Kurdish family members mourn during... 

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TURKEY. Cizre. March 5, 2016. Kurdish family members mourn during... 

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TURKEY. Cizre. March 5, 2016. Kurdish family members mourn during... 

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TURKEY. Cizre. March 5, 2016. Kurdish family members mourn during... 

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TURKEY. Nusaybin. March 6, 2016. Turkish Jandarma at an improvised... 
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