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An elderly caretaker of ten in a Greek Orthodox Church in Amed (presently
named Diyarbakir), Turkey. Photo by: Ed Kashi www.edkashi.com |
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This gentleman is a former Agha (elder community leader). Having
evacuated to Amed (Diyarbakir), Turkey's unofficial Kurdish capital, he
hasn't found work since he moved here.
Photo by: Ed Kashi www.edkashi.com |
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A mother and daughter dressed in Saqezi cloths from eastern
Kurdistan (Saqez is a city between Sena and Mahabad, currently ruled by Iran).
Photo courtesy of: Soraya Serajeddini
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Kurdish boys play soccer in Amed (Diyarbakir). Looming in the background
is a remnant of fortress walls begun under the Roman emperor Constantine
in 348 AD.
Photo by: Ed Kashi www.edkashi.com |
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Kurdish girls rush to fill their containers with
untainted water gushing from a newly installed conduit pipe built by
American troops in Northern Iraq.
Photo by: Cheryl Hatch www.isisphotos.com |
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A farmhouse being flooded out in the village of Bingol (in Turkey). Photo taken in 1998.
Photo by: Anonymous |
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Allied relief helicopters at a refugee camp on the Turkish-Iraqi border.
Photo by: Ed Kashi www.edkashi.com |
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A young Kurdish girl born in the United Kingdom is learning Kurdish at a Kurdish Cultural Center. The majority of the older people living in the Diaspora do not speak any English at all. Photo by: Carmelo Iaria |
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The many news articles in the US press show the prolific violences that have visited the Kurds of Turkey.
Photo by: Susan Meiselas / Magnum www.magnumphotos.com www.akaKurdistan.com |
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A tiny victim of malnutrition and other effects of war at the hospital in Zakho in Northern Iraq.
Photo by: Ed Kashi www.edkashi.com |