Horrific weekend in Turkey. Things are getting worse, not calming. Heavy censorship makes it difficult to confirm details. Many many deaths.
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PKK killed 16 soldiers in Hakkari, wounded many more (IED). (Kurdish) Cizre residents say they were attacked by military/police, some dead.
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In Ankara, Kurdish seasonal workers attacked, almost lynched. Many Pro-Kurdish HDP offices attacked by mobs. PKK continues to kill soldiers.
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Cizre (Kurdish town) is entering fourth day of full curfew, clashes continuing. Their cell/internet service is cut, hard to confirm details.
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I've lost track of censored pages. Reports came major newspaper's website was censored. Still, information flows, but verification is hard.
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Lack of verification isn't just due to censorship. Few working solid journalists left. Good ones fired. Lots of info, not enough filtering.
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Situation in Turkey spiraling out of control—no sane path out in sight yet. If you thought the MENA crisis was bad. This is catastrophic.
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Some think Turkey might go back to the nineties. That was bad enough. (40K dead, economic stagnation). What's emerging is potentially worse.
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Problems of the nineties might re-emerge, so there's that. But the parties to the conflict have greatly changed. Plus wars at the border.
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I tweeted last night about how horrific things were in Turkey, how they were getting worse, and no end in sight. Well, worse morning.
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Cizre, Kurdish town, still under full curfew, day 5. Residents say military/police are shooting at them. PKK bomb just killed 14 policeman.
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Reports of multiple deaths in Cizre, including children. Residents say they can't even take the dead/wounded to hospitals. Mobile blackout.
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When the fragile peace in Kurdish conflict collapsed in July, I worried it would lead to catastrophic & long-term turmoil. On that path now.
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