The return of war? Turkey's south-east region plunged into 'worst violence in years'
Source: Telegraph UK
Turkey's troubled south-eastern region has been plunged into some of its worst violence in years as an unprecedented military operation against Kurdish rebels shatters hopes for recent peace talks.
Tanks and armoured personnel carriers have been used in the latest operation, which began on Wednesday and which Turkish authorities claim has already seen 110 Kurdish rebels killed. At least five civilians and two Turkish soldiers have also died, according to an official speaking to AFP.
The Turkish army said it launched the clampdown against militants restore public order and would rout young Kurdish fighters engaged in battles with state force from urban areas.
In the largest operation of its kind since the collapse of the two-year ceasefire between the state and Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) members, around 10,000 police and troops entered cities such as Cizre and Silopi in Sirnak province, south-eastern Turkey, as well as a neighbourhood in Kurdish-majority Diyarbakir.
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