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Photos: Violence flares at Turkey-Syria border checkpoint

September 26, 2014 11:51AM ET

Photographer Bulent Kilic documents the strain at a border checkpoint where Kurds try to get in and out of Syria

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Turkish and Syrian Kurds tear at the border fence at Suruc, Turkey to cross into Syria, September 26, 2014, one of a series of images taken this week by photographer Bulent Kilic who has documented the strain at the checkpoint, where Kurdish refugees push to get in and out of Syria. Bulent Kilic / AFP / Getty Images
Turkey Syria border Suruc
Turkish and Syrian Kurds try to tear down the border fence. Reports say that 2000 Kurds, many of them having fled the fighting, have returned to the border in order to fight against ISIL. Bulent Kilic / AFP / Getty Images
Turkey Syria border Suruc
A man stands on the downed border fence. Turkish security personnel have worked to prohibit the Kurds from entering Syria. Bulent Kilic / AFP / Getty Images
Turkey Syria border Suruc
Syrian Kurds wait to enter Syria at the crossing gate at Suruc. Bulent Kilic / AFP / Getty Images
Turkey Syria border Suruc
Syrian Kurds crawl through the fence on their way back into Syria, September 25, 2014. Bulent Kilic / AFP / Getty Images
Turkey Syria border Suruc
A Syrian Kurdish man talks on the phone on the Turkish side of the border after crossing at Suruc, September 25, 2014, part of a wave of refugees fleeing the fighting. Bulent Kilic / AFP / Getty Images
Turkey Syria border Suruc
Syrian Kurds wait out rain, after crossing into Turkey, September 24, 2014. Bulent Kilic / AFP / Getty Images
Turkey Syria border Suruc
A Syrian Kurdish woman wipes her eyes during a dust storm while watching clashes near the border. Bulent Kilic / AFP / Getty Images
Turkey Syria border Suruc
Syrian Kurds carry their belongings as they cross the border, September 23, 2014. It is estimated that several hundred thousand refugees arrived at the Turkey-Syria border at the beginning of the week. Bulent Kilic / AFP / Getty Images
Turkey Syria border Suruc
Syrian Kurds throw a dead sheep onto the fence as they protest the lack of water for their animals as they wait on the Syrian side of the border with Turkey, September 23, 2014. Bulent Kilic / AFP / Getty Images
Turkey Syria border Suruc
Teargas flies from Turkish security personnel during clashes Kurdish protesters after the border crossing at Suruc was temporarily closed, September 22, 2014. Bulent Kilic / AFP / Getty Images