Murders in western Turkey raise fear of ethnic violence against Kurds

Seven members of a Kurdish family in the town of Konya were killed over a dispute about livestock grazing in their neighbor’s field. Kurdish activists claim it was ethnically motivated. Durrie Bouscaren reports that it comes after a string of incidents against Kurdish people this summer.

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