Portrait of dead Turkish soldier Omer Dilbash held by a Turkish soldier during his funeral procession in Hakkari province, April 19, 2022. (Photo: Hikmet Temesh/Anadolu Agency)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (left) shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at Dolmabahce Palace in Turkey's Istanbul, Apr. 15, 2022. (Photo: KRG)
Hasan Kosen, Kurdistan 24's correspondent to Diyarbakir, poses for a photo in front of a Turkish police fence after he was banned from covering Newroz celebrations because of his traditional Kurdish outfit, Mar. 21, 2022. (Photo: Kurdistan
A woman holds up a photo of Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtas in a demonstration to protest against the Turkish government's policy on November 4, 2016, in Frankfurt, Germany (Photo: Boris Roessler, DPA/AFP)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a national event at the Turkish Pavilion of Expo 2020, in the Gulf emirate of Dubai on February 15, 2022. (Photo: Karim SAHIB / AFP)