Unprecedented Turns On Turkey's Kurdish Question

The Imrali Process is providing unexpected hope for a resolution to the Kurdish question in Turkey, writes Cengiz Çandar.
Kurds take part in a demonstration calling for the release of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan, in Strasbourg, eastern France, February 16, 2013. REUTERS/Jean-Marc Loos (FRANCE - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) - RTR3DVAH
Kurds take part in a demonstration calling for the release of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan (depicted on yellow flags), in Strasbourg, eastern France, Feb. 16, 2013. - REUTERS/Jean-Marc Loos
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Cengiz Candar
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Turkey is a dazzling country. For years, I have been saying that nobody can claim to be an “expert on Turkey." Developments in the last couple of months have proven how right I was.

Actually anyone can reach the same conclusion by looking at two photographs I saw.

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