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Turkey starts evacuation of Kurdish Separatists Camps

10 October 2011 [17:00] - TODAY.AZ
Turkish authorities within the framework of cooperation with the U.S. and Iraq on fight against terrorism, has begun evacuation of Kurdish Separatists Camps of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), the newspaper Vatan reported.

According to the plan, 8 camps with 11,000 residents will be evacuated. Ninety percent of all residents are Turkish citizens.

T he evacuation will be carried out in cooperation with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the Kurdish regional administration in Iraq. The evacuation should be completed until the end of this year.

Residents of the camps will be returned to their homeland, where they will be provided with all necessary social facilities.


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