Deutsche Welle | Tom Stevenson, Diyarbakir, Turkey - 28.01.2016

Death and destruction in Diyarbakir

Parts of Diyarbakir, the de facto capital of Turkey's Kurdish regions, have been under a Turkish army imposed curfew for two months now. Tom Stevenson reports from a destroyed city under siege.

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