The Turkish government is continuing its crackdown on Kurdish fighters in the country’s southeast, coupled with shelling Kurdish positions in Syria and bombing them in Iraq.
The map represents the situation in the city of Nusaybin in Mardin Province of Turkey where the Turkish security forces are clashing with Kurdish fighters.
The population of the city is 83,832 as of 2009. The citizens are largely ethnic Kurdish descent.
Map by le_carabinier