- American taxpayer dollars are funding arms to the Turkish government and human rights groups says those weapons are being used against Kurdish civilians in the Southeastern part of Turkey where many of the nation's kurdish population live. The Turkish government says it is using the weapons to protect civilians from the Kurdish separatist group the PKK, which the U.S. and other governments consider a terrorist organization. Daniel Zwerdling travelled to the southeastern part of Turkey recently and has this report.
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