Istanbul: A major military operation to eradicate Kurdish militants in Turkey's south-east has turned dozens of urban districts into bloody battlefields, displacing hundreds of thousands of civilians and shattering hopes of peace as an old war reaches its deadliest level in two decades. During the past week, Turkish tanks and artillery have pounded Kurdish targets across several south-eastern cities, killing at least 200 militants and more than 150 civilians, according to human rights groups and local officials. Their descriptions of the fighting and mass destruction in populated areas, which are off-limits to journalists, depict war zones not unlike the scenes in Syria to the...
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