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Erdogan's Domestic Challenges Of Peace with the PKK

Prime Minister Erdogan's peace initiative with the PKK should be understood in the context of his other domestic political initiatives, writes Kadri Gursel.

Jan 15, 2013
A demonstrator stands next to a portrait of jailed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan during a protest in Strasbourg February 18, 2012. Thousands of demonstrators protested in support of Ocalan, who was captured on February 15, 1999, and is currently serving a life sentence in Turkey. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler (FRANCE  - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
A demonstrator stands next to a portrait of jailed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan during a protest in Strasbourg, Feb. 18, 2012. — REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

The slaying of three PKK activists at the Kurdish Information Center in Paris last Thursday made it clear that the Turkish government’s renewed efforts to disarm the PKK won’t be a stroll in the park.

It appears Turkey will continue to be confronted by provocations that could be traced to third parties meddling in Turkey’s Kurdish issue.

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