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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to the media in his office in Ankara on April 23, 2014. (AP Photo)

Opinion: Erdoğan’s Dangerous Power Game

by Amir Taheri | Feb 27, 2015 | Opinion

According to Western governments, more than 12,000 of their citizens have traveled to Syria to join the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in various capacities including frontline fighters. Estimates also show that 8,000 citizens of some 20 other...

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A Kurdish militant runs away after throwing a molotov cocktail at a riot police vehicle on May 26, 2014, at Lice in Diyarbakir. (AFP PHOTO/ILYAS AKENGIN)

Turkish security forces, Kurds clash in southeast as protests widen

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 4, 2014 | World

Diyarbakır, Reuters—Turkish security forces fired tear gas and water cannon in dawn operations on Wednesday against Kurdish demonstrators blocking highways in southeast Turkey, in an effort to end protests which have spread across the region over the last 12 days. The...

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Some thousands of supporters demonstrate waving various PKK flags and posters of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, in southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, Thursday, March 21, 2013, as Ocalan called Thursday for an immediate cease-fire and for thousands of his fighters to withdraw from Turkish territory. (AP Photo)

Opinion: What next for Turkey’s Kurds?

by Samir Salha | Apr 23, 2014 | Opinion

The results of the local elections and its repercussions on the political scene continue to reverberate throughout Turkey. The Justice and Development Party (AKP) was the biggest winner in the elections and is now preparing itself for the presidential race in August....

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Pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) mayoral candidate for Diyarbakir city Gultan Kisanak (2nd R) and candidate for Baglar neigborhood Birsen Kaya Akat (4th L) pose with local women during an election campaign in Diyarbakir on February 26, 2014. (REUTERS/Stringer)

Partners for Peace

by Ahu Özyurt | Apr 22, 2014 | Majalla Blogs

The recent local elections in Turkey attracted several claims of irregularities, but one of the undisputed outcomes of the polls was the fact that the Kurds have become a political power to be reckoned with, both in Turkey’s southeast and beyond. The pro-Kurdish Peace...

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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks during a press conference in Ankara, September 30 2013. (EPA/KAYHAN OZER/ANADOLU AGENCY)

Turkey presents reforms aimed at boosting Kurdish peace process

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 30, 2013 | World

Ankara, Reuters—Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday announced long-anticipated reforms seen as a move to salvage a fragile peace process with Kurdish insurgents, including changes to the electoral system and increasing language rights. The Kurdistan...