A second person has been killed in clashes between Kurdish protesters and police in South East Turkey in the fourth day of running street battles sparked by celebrations to mark the Spring festival, Newroz.
Al Jazeera’s Alan Fisher reports.
PKK Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq say their organisation has survived a recent assault by Turkish forces.
Turkey claims its offensive has severely damaged the PKK.
Al Jazeera has met with one former PKK fighter who, despite having doubts about the group, believes the organization is far from defeated.
The Turkish incursion into Iraq has been dividing opinion among Kurds living in Turkey.
Despite those differences, however, there’s a common feeling among many Kurds, that their needs are being ignored.
Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports from the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir.
Turkey’s raids into northern Iraq are continuing, amid international consternation.
The Turkish incursion into northern Iraq is entering its sixth day amid claims and counter-claims of violence. The Turkish military says it’s killed more than 150 Kurdish rebels since crossing the border on Thurday.
But the PKK rejects the casualty figures and has warned Turkey it has entered a conflict it cannot win. Many of Turkey’s Kurds are also growing increasingly frustrated.
Our correspondent, Hoda Abdel Hamid, went to the southeastern town of Diyarbakir where she found growing support for the PKK.
But first, James Bays is on the Iraqi side of the border where he was given exclusive access to a town caught in the middle of the conflict.