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Is This the End of Turkey’s 40-Year Conflict With the Kurds?

Kurdistan Workers Party, in a major development, declares a ceasefire following a call from its imprisoned founder, Abdullah Ocalan.

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President Erdogan of Turkey is consolidating power. Alexis Mitas/Getty Images
HOLLIE McKAY
HOLLIE McKAY

For more than four decades, the conflict between Turkey and Kurdish forces has defined life in northern Syria, with airstrikes, military operations, and political tensions shaping the daily reality for millions and claiming over 40,000 lives. 

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HOLLIE McKAY
HOLLIE McKAY

Ms. McKay is a war and humanitarian-focused international correspondent and author of 'Only Cry for the Living: Memos from Inside the ISIS Battlefield,' 'Afghanistan: The End of the US Footprint and Rise of the Taliban Rule,' and 'The Dictator's Wife.'

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