People evacuate their homes as part of an urban transformation project in Sur neighborhood which was partly damaged during the security operations and clashes between Turkish security forces and Kurdish militants, in Diyarbakir, Turkey, May 1, 2017. Picture taken May 1, 2017. REUTERS/Sertac Kayar
SIRNAK, Turkey (Reuters) - The rise of a Kurdish militia in Syria over the course of the Syrian civil war has expanded Turkey's 30-year Kurdish conflict beyond its frontiers and, to some degree, beyond its control. In few places is this as evident as in Sirnak.
Months of fighting last year between Turkish forces and the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) destroyed large parts of this and other border towns, leaving a historic peace process in tatters.
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