The collapse of a two-year-old ceasefire between the PKK and the state last summer plunged the region back into crisis. In December, the conflict began to escalate when authorities put several towns under siege-like blanket curfews while security forces battled Kurdish militants in the streets and shelled suspected PKK targets. Above, a PKK fighter holds his rocket propelled grenade as white pigeons fly around the living room Picture: Cagdas Erdogan/Getty Images

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