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The Turkish peace process started going into meltdown on 11 July, when the Kurdish Communities Union (KCK) declared an ‘end to the cease-fire’ declared in 2013.

It is thought that the main Kurdish organisation, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) does not have authorisation from its imprisoned leader, Abdullah Öcalan, which is why the end of the ceasefire has been announced by the KCK (of which the PKK is a member) rather than the PKK itself.

The KCK said Turkey’s building of barracks, dams, and roads for military purposes had violated the truce.