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Values and Identity: The Resurgence of the Kurdish Hizbullah

Posted on Thu, May 10, 2012 at 21:12 pm CEST

Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the center of Diyarbakır for a celebration of the Prophet Muhammad’s birth. The event was organized by a coalition of NGOs affiliated with the radical Sunni Islamist organization known in Turkey as Hizbullah… Continue reading

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Has Erdogan Reached His “Democratic Limits”?

Posted on Thu, December 22, 2011 at 19:55 pm CEST

Internal and external dynamics no longer compel Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to transcend his democratic limits… Continue reading

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Syria, Turkey and the Kurds

Posted on Sat, November 19, 2011 at 00:18 am CEST

Bashar al-Assad is apparently aiming to destabilize Turkey… Continue reading

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The Latest KCK Arrests: One Step Closer to Breaking Point

Posted on Fri, November 11, 2011 at 23:23 pm CEST

The AKP is using the KCK investigation as an instrument to try to crush all opposition to its increasingly hawkish policies on the Kurdish issue… Continue reading

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Turkey’s Anti-PKK Operation Faces Major Obstacles

Posted on Fri, November 4, 2011 at 00:27 am CEST

The Turkish government has now responded with one of its largest counterinsurgency operations in years… Continue reading

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Erdogan’s War: Will Turkey’s Most Powerful Leader Since Ataturk Succeed in Securing the Country’s Unity?

Posted on Sun, September 4, 2011 at 20:07 pm CEST

Attacks carried out by Kurdish separatists since mid-July have set Turkey on the road to war… Continue reading

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Turkey and Syria: a Parting of Ways

Posted on Sat, August 20, 2011 at 20:23 pm CEST

The turmoil in Syria threatens to deprive Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party of one of its most significant foreign policy achievements… Continue reading

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