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Can Turkey's new PKK law bring peace? (opens the original)
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One year ago, the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) burned its weapons in a symbolic ceremony. The move was seen as a sign of its willingness to disband. Since then, the Kurdish side has been calling on the Turkish government to take political steps. Now, parliament has passed a bill submitted by the conservative Islamic ruling party AKP and its ultranationalist ally. Officially called the "Law on Strengthening National Solidarity and Social Integration," it is intended to provide the lega
Can Turkey's new PKK law bring peace? (opens the original)
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One year ago, the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) burned its weapons in a symbolic ceremony. The move was seen as a sign of its willingness to disband. Since then, the Kurdish side has been calling on the Turkish government to take political steps. Now, parliament has passed a bill submitted by the conservative Islamic ruling party AKP and its ultranationalist ally. Officially called the "Law on Strengthening National Solidarity and Social Integration," it is intended to provide the lega
Turkey: What chances does Ozel's new opposition party have? (opens the original)
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In the early morning of May 24, shocking images of Ankara were broadcast around the world. After a court ordered that Ozel be ousted as head of the center-left Republican People's Party (CHP), the country's largest opposition party, its headquarters in the Turkish capital were surrounded by special forces. The party leader and his allies had barricaded the doors with tables and chairs, but hours later they stopped resisting. "We want to avoid an escalation and are leaving of our own free will,"
Turkey-PKK talks: Is peace finally possible? (opens the original)
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July marks a year since the Kurdish militant group known as the PKK, listed as a terrorist organization by numerous countries, symbolically burned their weapons. Last May, the PKK, or Kurdistan Workers' Party, announced it would end its "work under the name of PKK," halting a decades-long armed insurgency between the Turkish state and those fighting for Kurdish rights or independence inside Turkey, one that had cost an estimated 40,000 lives. Later, on July 11, a group of around 30 PKK fighters
Turkey-PKK talks: Is peace finally possible? (opens the original)
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July marks a year since the Kurdish militant group known as the PKK, listed as a terrorist organization by numerous countries, symbolically burned their weapons. Last May, the PKK, or Kurdistan Workers' Party, announced it would end its "work under the name of PKK," halting a decades-long armed insurgency between the Turkish state and those fighting for Kurdish rights or independence inside Turkey, one that had cost an estimated 40,000 lives. Later, on July 11, a group of around 30 PKK fighters
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