Iraqi Kurds in border zone flee Turkey s hunt for Kurdistan Workers Party
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Last Updated: Jun 09, 2021, 05:45 PM IST
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Erdogan is willing to move Turkey s ongoing military confrontation with the PKK from Turkey to territory the PKK controls or transits through in Iraq, said Aykan Erdemir, senior director of the Turkey Program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
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A flag bearing a picture of Abdullah Ocalan, the founder and leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), is displayed during Nowruz celebrations on March 24, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan
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