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Cengiz Candar

Cengiz Candar

Jun 18, 2014

Kurdish Peshmerga forces look at a checkpoint held by militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) jihadist group on June 16, 2014 in Iraq's second city of Mosul. Since ISIL began its spectacular assault in Mosul late on June 9, jihadist fighters have captured a large swathe of northern and north-central Iraq, prompting as many as half a million people to flee their homes. AFP PHOTO/KARIM SAHIB (Photo credit should read KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images) — Peshmerga look at a checkpoint held by militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) jihadist group in Mosul, June 16, 2014. — AFP/Getty Images/Karim Sahib

Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan addresses the audience at a meeting at his ruling Ak Party (AKP) headquarters in Ankara June 25, 2014. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR3VNAY

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An Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighter looks through binoculars on the top of Mount Zardak, about 25 kilometres east of Mosul, on October 6, 2016.
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