BDP deputies on guest list for police ball
from Hurriyet Daily News
Peace and Democracy Party deputies Sırrı Süreyya Önder and Sebahat Tuncel..
Turkish government mulls new charter pact with BDP
from Hurriyet Daily News
The ruling AKP?s options for forming the new charter that might leave the party and the BDP alone in efforts. The three opstions include referendum
Öcalan ?trying his best,? PKK sees no easy pullout
from Hurriyet Daily News
Outlawed PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan says he is working on a letter of withdrawal, but a militant leader on Kandil Mountain raises questions
Erdogan?s Kurdish gambit
by Acturca
Gulf Times (Qatar) April 14, 2013, p. 32 Deutsch Español Français Sinan Ülgen *, Istanbul Conflict in the Middle East threatens not only the security of many of its states, but also their continued existence. Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, and others, now gripped by sectarian fighting, risk fragmenting into ethnic
Turkey?s Second Kurdish Opening: Light at the End of the Tunnel or Another Failed Attempt?
by Acturca
German Marshall Fund of the United States, April 12, 2013 Ilter Turan * Following a rebellion in 1925, Turkish became the exclusive language of the Turkish educational system and the bureaucracy; organizing to express ethnicity in a political way was banned. These measures, in retrospect, did not lead to Turkification but instead to a recalcitrant
Turkish-Israeli Relations after the Apology
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German Marshall Fund of the United States, April 12, 2013 Bülent Aras * In March 2013, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologized to the Turkish people for Israeli mistakes during the Mavi Marmara incident. U.S. President Barack Obama deserves the lion?s share of credit for mediating to mend the ties, but the leaders acted wisely
Turkish main opposition absence problem for commission
from Hurriyet Daily News
The outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party?s (PKK) imprisoned leader
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