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Nov 2024
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Bakur Rising: Renewed Kurdish Clashes in...

JAKE HANRAHAN
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Today we speak to journalist Fréderike Geerdink about the current clashes taking place in southeast Turkey, where the Turkish government removed democratically elected Kurdish politicians. The clashes have gotten heavy and a new Kurdish militant group has emerged...

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