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Inside Europe - Turkey's targets IS and the PKK

Int: Dorian JonesJuly 30, 2015

There's been a wave of attacks by Kurdish rebels in Turkey in response to Ankara launching airstrikes on PKK positions. Turkey began targeting the PKK as it joined the international coalition's efforts to defeat IS. But the PKK's brothers in arms are the Syrian Kurds, key allies in the fight against IS. So is Turkey escalating the conflict? Helen Seeney talks to correspondent Dorian Jones.

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