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Basketball offers hope to Kurdish youth

VaidyanathanApril 25, 2012

People in southeastern Turkey know the meaning of conflict all too well. Government forces have been fighting Kurdish rebels for the past 27 years, with hundreds of thousands of people displaced as a result. Poverty and unemployment are high, and there are few opportunities, particularly for young people. But a Kurdish Basketball club offers an alternative for local youths.

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Report: Gayathri Vaidyanathan/ Adi Narayan