***FILE*** zu unserem KORR. Tuerkei/Kurden: In this file photo of Nov. 9, 2007 Turkish Kurd villagers in Turkey's pre-dominantly Kurdish southeast protest a surge in attacks by the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, in Calisan village in the province of Sirnak near Turkish-Iraqi border southeastern Turkey. A remarkable Turkish attempt to end the country's 26-year-old fighting against Kurdish rebels by granting cultural freedoms to a minority, whose existence once rejected and barred from speaking Kurdish in public appears to have deadlocked, as a dramatic escalation in rebel violence raises the

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Not available to licence for any broadcast or streaming service, video on demand, film, national newspaper or to create a NFT. This content is intended for editorial use only. For other uses, additional clearances may be required. ***FILE*** zu unserem KORR. Tuerkei/Kurden: In this file photo of Nov. 9, 2007 Turkish Kurd villagers in Turkey's pre-dominantly Kurdish southeast protest a surge in attacks by the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, in Calisan village in the province of Sirnak near Turkish-Iraqi border southeastern Turkey. A remarkable Turkish attempt to end the country's 26-year-old fighting against Kurdish rebels by granting cultural freedoms to a minority, whose existence once rejected and barred from speaking Kurdish in public appears to have deadlocked, as a dramatic escalation in rebel violence raises the prospect of a return to the grinding warfare that has killed about 40, 000 people. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta)