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Army rehabilitation centre for people injured by landmines. Eastern Turkey is blighted by landmines. During the 1950s, the cause was illegal border trading; in the 1990s, the cause was war with the PKK (Kurdistan Worker's Party). In 2004 the decision was finally made to begin de-mining a huge area close to the Syrian border.......
Aytunc Akad / Panos Pictures/Fealix Features 20 Dec 2007