How the Turkish army and Kurdish fighters reduced this town to ruins
“If I didn’t know I was in Sirnak, I would assume I was in Aleppo or a city in the West Bank," says one lawmaker.
A resident of Sirnak walks away from the ruined remains of houses in the town (MEE/Murat Bayram)
The list of towns and cities in the Middle East currently lying in ruins gets longer every year.
One of the latest additions is Sirnak in southeast Turkey. Fighting between government security forces and Kurdish militants since March has transformed the mountainous town into a setting reminiscent of Aleppo or Gaza.
