Fighting rages in the heart of Turkey’s Kurdish homeland
People take cover as Turkish police fire a water cannon and tear gas during a demonstration against government-imposed curfews in Diyarbakir on Feb. 24, 2016
(ILYAS AKENGIN / AFP/Getty Images)Journalist Ayse Surme reacts after she was injured when Turkish police fired tear gas during a demonstration in Diyarbakir on Feb. 24, 2016 against government-imposed curfews on areas of eastern Turkey.
(ILYAS AKENGIN / AFP/Getty Images)Kurdish boys who earn a living collecting garbage run from Turkish police’s water cannon during a demonstration against government-imposed curfews in Diyarbakir on Feb. 24.
(ILYAS AKENGIN / AFP/Getty Images)Turkish soldiers patrol Diyarbakir’s historical Sur district on Feb. 26, 2016 . Violence has flared since the collapse in July of a fragile two-and-a-half-year truce aimed at bringing a halt to decades of a Kurdish insurgency.
(ILYAS AKENGIN / AFP/Getty Images)Residents flee the fighting in Diyarbakir.
(ILYAS AKENGIN / AFP/Getty Images)People carry their belongings as they flee from the fighting in Diyarbakir.
(ILYAS AKENGIN / AFP/Getty Images)People walk past security forces as they leave their houses during clashes in central Diyarbakir.
(ILYAS AKENGIN / AFP/Getty Images)A woman pushing a stoller walks past a government soldier in central Diyarbakir. The city has been ravaged by street fighting between Turkish police and Kurdish insurgents.
(ILYAS AKENGIN / AFP/Getty Images)People carry their belongings as they return to their homes on March 13, after clashes ended in Sur.
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