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Tensions rise in Turkey's Kurdish towns

A curfew is in place in Turkey's Kurdish south-eastern towns of Cizre and Silopi, following clashes between protesters and police in the provincial capital, Diyarbakir. The situation has been very tense in the area since the collapse of a ceasefire between the government and the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) in June. A resident of Cizre described a climate of fear.

(Photo: Relatives mourn a man reportedly killed during clashes with police in Diyarbakir. Credit: Reuters/Sertac Kayar).

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