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Disgruntled Kurds emerge as potential kingmakers in Turkey’s polls

Kurdish frustration with Ankara’s shift from a policy that favored settlement with the Kurds to hard-line nationalism could sway the outcome of critical snap polls in June.

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses supporters during an April 1, 2017, rally in the Kurdish-dominated southeastern city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, for the April 16, 2017, constitutional referendum that wound up expanding presidential power in the country. — REUTERS/Murad Sezer

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