Did Gulenists sabotage Ankara’s Kurdish peace process? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Mahmut Bozarslan

Mahmut Bozarslan

Aug 17, 2016

Turkish soldiers patrol in the Sur district of Diyarbakir, Turkey February 26, 2016. REUTERS/Sertac Kayar/File Photo - RTSHUCB — Turkish soldiers patrol in the Sur district of Diyarbakir, Turkey, Feb. 26, 2016. — REUTERS/Sertac Kayar

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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan (2nd R), Chief of Staff General Hulusi Akar (L), Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (2nd L) and the father Ali Cil (R) stand behind the flag-draped coffin of Army officer Seckin Cil during a funeral ceremony in Ankara, Turkey, February 18, 2016. Army officer Seckin Cil was killed during the clashes between Turkish security forces and Kurdish militants in Sur district of the southeastern city of Diyarbakir. REUTERS/Umit Bektas - RTX27ISS

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A supporter of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan steps on a photo of U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen during a pro-government demonstration on Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, July 18, 2016. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis - RTSILD2

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Fenerbahce Chairman Aziz Yildirim (L) and the team's Brazilian captain Alex de Souza (R) pose with Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan during their visit in Ankara in this April 19, 2011 file photo. A Turkish court jailed 15 more people, including top soccer club executives, pending trial on July 7, 2011 as part of a major match-fixing investigation which the prime minister said is staining the country's image. Three executives of champions Fenerbahce, the chairman of Sivasspor and coach of Eskisehirspor

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Rasim Ozan Kutahyali

Rasim Ozan Kutahyali

Cemil Bayik, a founding member of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), speaks during an interview with Reuters at the Qandil mountains near the Iraq-Turkey border, October 19, 2013. Kurdish rebels are ready to re-enter Turkey from northern Iraq, Bayik, the head of the group's political wing said at his mountain hideout, threatening to rekindle an insurgency unless Ankara resuscitates their peace process soon. Picture taken October 19. To match Interview TURKEY-KURDS/PKK REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ - Tags: PO

Why is the PKK siding with the AKP in the AKP-Gulen conflict?

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