On October 13th Turkish fighter jets rained bombs on rebels from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (pkk) thought to be positioned along Turkey's border with Iraq. The attack came after pkk fighters had opened fire on Turkish soldiers near the border post of Daglica. Until early last year this would have been routine news. But in March 2013 the pkk's imprisoned leader, Abdullah Ocalan had said the era of armed struggle was over and that a deal with the government was within reach. Before this week, the Turkish army and the pkk duly held their fire. Are the peace talks now over?
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