Analysis: Violence dims hope of solution to Turkish Kurd conflict

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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Images of smiling Kurdish MPs hugging rebels, rifles slung over their shoulders, at a remote roadblock in Turkey's mountainous southeast hit a raw nerve. The embrace, depicted in Turkish newspapers as battles raged with government troops, fed a climate of animosity which is undermining hopes of a revival of secret talks to end a 28-year-old separatist conflict. Escalating violence could instead now entrench a primarily military response from Ankara to an insurgency that has killed more than 40,000 people. ...

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