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5 years ago today, the 2.5 year-long peace process between the Turkish state & the PKK ended.
Since then, tens of thousands have been killed & hundreds of thousands displaced.
The trigger was the unresolved and now unravelling assassination of 2 police officers [THREAD]
Since then, tens of thousands have been killed & hundreds of thousands displaced.
The trigger was the unresolved and now unravelling assassination of 2 police officers [THREAD]
On the morning of 22 July 2015, officers in #Ceylanpınar police station, a town in Southeastern Turkey bordering Syria, grew suspicious after 2 of their colleagues who lived together didn't turn up to work. The officers went to their house but nobody answered the door.
When they entered with the help of a locksmith, they found their colleagues shot dead.
At around 11:00 am the news broke.
At 13:50, the PKK posted a press release endorsing the killings as a revenge for the ISIS #Suruç bombing which happened 2 days before in the same province.
At around 11:00 am the news broke.
At 13:50, the PKK posted a press release endorsing the killings as a revenge for the ISIS #Suruç bombing which happened 2 days before in the same province.
from reports from several accounts i hear that 4 people are wounded and possibly 3 dead in a shooting in suruç (urfa province). alleged perpetrators: #akp candidate mp and his assistents campaigning. victims: owners of small business who didn't want akp in their shop. #turkey
latest: 2 dead (the father and son who owned the shop and refused campaigning #akp candidate mp inside) and 8 wounded. @OzgurrGundem reports the campaigning akp man was ibrahim halil yıldız. pics via same account.
death toll reportedly up to 5. #suruç
