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The Turkish government has considered the PKK as a terrorist group.There is approximately 30 million Kurd's living in the middle east
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Kurdish Workers Party- the people democratic party
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There has been growing tension especially since the Gezi park protest in June 2013.Tensions also have risen between Turkish authorities and Kurdish groups
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Turkey and Syrian Kurds have been combating the Islamic state and have formed a semi-autonomous region in North Syria
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Two- year cease-fire between Kurds and the government because of some killed kurds near the Syrian boarder.
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Turkeys deadliest attack occurred at a peace rally in Ankara in October 2015. They killed more then 100 people
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Peace talks between the Turkish government and the PKK broke down in 2015. Since then, over 2,000 people have been killed in clashes between security forces and the PKK.
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The president has cracked down on suspected coup conspirators and arrested and estimated 30,000 people. He has also increased air strikes on PKK militants in turkey
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Turkish Government called for peace talks in 2016
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IF The kurds succeed in establishing and independent state in Syria amid the chaos gripping the region
