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Armen Demircian says he's found a home at this recently restored Armenian Church in Diyarbakir, Turkey — though he's not a Christian.

One man in Turkey struggles with his long-hidden Armenian identity

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What happens when you find out you’re not who you thought you were? One man in Turkey discovered his father was a victim of the Armenian Genocide, and he’s been embracing and struggling with that identity ever since.

A Syrian woman holding her infant waits near an informal border crossing to go back to Kobane, Syria, despite ongoing clashes between ISIS and Kurdish fighters. Many Syrian Kurds are finding Turkey expensive and inhospitable.

Kurds threaten dark days for Turkey if Kobane falls

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Kurdish protesters set fire to a barricade blocking the street as they clash with riot police in Diyarbakir, Turkey, on October 7, 2014.

‘The Kurds have no friends but the mountains’

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Kobane sits right on the border with Turkey

US airstrikes are ‘not enough’ to save a besieged Syrian city from ISIS

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Turkish tanks taking up position on the Turkish-Syrian border on September 29, 2014, after stray fire landed on Turkish territory. Turkey is concentrating forces along the border ahead of a parliamentary debate on authorizing military intervention in Syri

Turkey prepares to make a military move into Syria, but NATO needs convincing

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Scores of Syrian refugees from Kobane - under threat of capture by Islamic State - sit in the sun waiting to be allowed to cross into Turkey. Sept. 26, 2014. The outskirts of the village are visible in the background.

Turkey’s Kurds are outraged that they’re being prevented from fighting ISIS in Syria

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Turkey has shut its border with Syria, near a Kurdish village at risk of being overrun by ISIS. Turkish Kurds are desperate to cross and help fellow their Kurds in Syria.

Samsung Electronics' Galaxy 5 smartphone, left, and Apple Inc's iPhone 5

Five apps that can help you keep an eye on what your kids are doing

Global Scan

Are you a frustrated parent who can’t get your kid to answer your phone and text messages? Never fear, the Ignore No More app is here … along with a few other mobile tools for parents. And if you’re a fan of Nutella, you just might want to stock up fast. Also, did you know the situation in Iraq has the US helping a group it labels as terrorists? That and more, in today’s Global Scan.

Fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, stand in formation in northern Iraq on May 14, 2013.

The US named this Kurdish party a terrorist group — now it needs its help to fight ISIS

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The American government is close with the Kurdish peshmerga in Iraq but considers the PKK, Turkey’s main Kurdish party, a terrorist group. Now that the PKK is playing a bigger role in fighting ISIS, the US may find itself helping those “terrorists.”

A news conference of Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is screened on televisions at an electronics shop in Istanbul September 30, 2013. Erdogan announced a so-called "democratization package" that would allow for education in languages other than Tur

Turkey is set to end a ban on several letters of the alphabet

Conflict & Justice

Governments go to extremes to keep minorities in their place. In Turkey, leaders banned several letters of the alphabet. Now that is set to change.

Turkish prime minister courts Kurds in bid to establish strong presidency

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Turkey is finally starting to acknowledge and accept its large Kurdish minority. After decades of discrimination, the government is moving to include them. But in exchange for that recognition, the Kurds may well be asked to back an expansion of the powers of Turkey’s president.