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Armed clashes in Turkey over the fate of the Kurdish town of Kobane in Syria assaulted by Islamic State jihadists have led to 31 deaths since Tuesday.

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The tension stemming from the weeks-long siege of the Kurdish town Kobane in northern Syria by ISIL has gripped Turkey

Turkey will do whatever it can to prevent the predominantly Kurdish town of Kobane, PM Ahmet Davutoğlu said

Two more schools have been burnt down in the southeastern Anatolian province of Hakkari, in protest at obstacles to education in the Kurdish language

Syrian Kurdish fighters have halted an advance by Islamic State militants to the east of a predominantly Kurdish town near the border with Turkey, a spokesman said.

Two more schools were burnt down late on Sept. 17 in Turkey’s southeastern province of Hakkari, in protest at the closure of a nearby school that had planned to teach in the Kurdish language.

The padlocks on the primary schools that were to provide education in Kurdish in southeastern Turkey were removed, while some public schools were attacked with Molotov Cocktails in response to the initial locks.

Some in the east of Turkey began their education in gardens after the authorities deemed several schools planning to offer education in the Kurdish language 'illegal'

Schools have come under attack in southeastern Turkey, where the Kurdish issue continues to be a burning subject despite the ongoing peace process

A group of 20 graduates from the Kurdish Department of the Living Languages Institute at Mardin’s Artuklu University began a hunger strike 18 days ago, demanding their appointments as Kurdish teachers.