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Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters stand at formation in northern Iraq May 14, 2013. The first group of Kurdish militants to withdraw from Turkey under a peace process entered northern Iraq on Tuesday, and were greeted by comrades from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), in a symbolic step towards ending a three-decades-old insurgency. The 13 men and women, carrying guns and with rucksacks on their backs, arrived in the area of Heror, near Metina mountain on the Turkish-Iraqi border, a Reuters witness said. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari
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Turkish and European Union flags fly together as people walk under them at Taksim Square on May 24, 2013, in Istanbul. AFP Photo/Bulent Kilic
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Three weeks of unrest in Turkey have left five people dead, injured many others, and forced thousands more to seek treatment for tear gas inhalation. Now an international crisis over the still simmering protests could do critical damage to the great drivers of...Caption:
Turkish police guard the entrance of Gezi Park at Taksim Square in Istanbul June 17, 2013 (REUTERS/Marko Djurica)
Sporadic clashes in Turkey as Erdogan asserts authority
Istanbul, Reuters—Sporadic clashes between police and protesters flared up in Istanbul overnight after a weekend in which Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan sought to steal back the agenda, rallying his supporters and expelling demonstrators from an Istanbul park. Two...Caption:
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan greets his supporters following his arrival after a four day trip to North African countries at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul, Turkey, early 07 June 2013. (EPA Photo/KAYHAN)
Turkish PM cheered in show of strength as protests go on
Istanbul, Reuters—Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan flew back to a Turkey rocked by days of anti-government unrest on Friday and declared before a sea of flag-waving supporters at Istanbul airport: “These protests must end immediately.” “No power but...Caption:
Anti-government protesters run to take cover to protect themselves from water cannons and tear gas as riot police disperse them during a protest in Ankara June 5, 2013. (Reuters/Umit Bektas)