Category Archives: Kurdish peace process

Turkey: on the brink of a systemic suicide

Posted on April 14, 2017 by yavuzbaydar

If ‘holding your breath together’ would apply to large masses of concerned people, it is that rare moment. On Sunday some 55 million voters in Turkey will go to the ballotboxes in a referendum which will define the country’s identity, and … Continue reading →

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Not unlikely at all: CHP’s ‘modernists’ may stage an uprising

Posted on April 26, 2013 by yavuzbaydar

Sırrı Süreyya Önder, a Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) deputy — the political wing of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), was clear in his statement that a final PKK declaration on withdrawal is impending. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, prime minister of … Continue reading →

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