Eugenio Grosso
Photographer
Frontline Freelance Register
Londra, Regno Unito
Sicilian born Eugenio Grosso moved to Milan at 18 to study BA Scenography at the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera, graduating in 2007 with honours. He has first worked as a part-time commercial photographer since 2007 and then as full-time photojournalist since 2009. His work has been published on national and international publications like the Guardian, the Telegraph, the Financial Times, the BBC and the Washington Post. He lives and works in London.
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A Forgotten War
Eugenio Grosso
There is a war nobody is talking about. Since the end of the cease-fire between the Turkish Government and the PKK in July 2015, the Turkish authorities have started a massive military campaign to eradicate the PKK, considered a terroristic group in Turkey as well as the US and Europe. However, the US are baking the PKK struggles in the fight against Daesh with financial and military support.
The Kurdish town of Cizre is under curfew from mid December 2015, there very violent clashes took place in the three months long 24 hours curfew. In March 2016, the curfew was lifted to a lighter 7:30pm to 5am and residents were allowed to come back to their homes, they soon discovered that, in many cases, almost nothing was left. According to the Turkish Army more than 600 PKK fighters were killed in Cizre in 59 days. Such violent clashes brought widespread destruction. According to Amnesty International many civilians were also killed in the clashes while others died because of its consequences.