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Union of Communities in Kurdistan (KCK), which
prosecutors say was set up by the PKK rebel force to control the Kurdish
southeast. The evidence against defendants, including press conferences
they ... prison, the highest
number since the 1980 military coup, many charged with aiding the PKK
rebel group through its urban KCK political wing. The evidence, again,
usually rests on nonviolent ... including the cost of tuition. While the
space for legal Kurdish politics narrows, the PKK shows no signs of
weakness; in June, rebels killed some twenty Turkish soldiers, including
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stakes in the
Turkish state=92s 28-year battle with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The towns are now run by the PKK's Syrian
franchise, the Democrati= Union Party ... eyes of an in=reasingly hawkish Mr Erdogan, the PYD is the PKK—and its main enemy is
T=rkey. The Kurds fear they, not Mr Assad's forces ... maybe, autonomy definitely," grins a teenager playing the role of
Ham=et.
The PKK often seems=less concerned with Kurdish rights than with undermining the AK party. The=rebels have
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EFTA02003793Set 10
2012-10-2437p8,690w
battle with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PICK).
The towns are now run by the PKK's Syrian franchise,
the Democratic Union Party (PYD). As well as setting
up Kurdish-language ... eyes of an
increasingly hawkish Mr Erdogan, the PYD is the
PKK—and its main enemy is Turkey. The Kurds fear
they, not Mr Assad's forces, are the target ... EFTA_R1_00501982
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definitely," grins a teenager playing the role of
Hamlet.
The PKK often seems less concerned with Kurdish
rights than with undermining the AK party. The rebels
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2012-08-2717p5,987w
longer the conflict between the Turkish
government and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) goes on,
the less optimistic I am. I not only begin to doubt whether Turkey ... subdued only by aerial bombing and poison gas.
In a sense, the PKK, which initiated the most significant uprising to date
against the Turkish government in 1983, was a continuation ... Evren, the leader of the coup, famously
called the Kurds "mountain Turks.") Nevertheless, the PKK was, and has
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been, also driven by its own ideology, which is a combination
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EFTA00978545Set 9
2013-12-1330p11,041w
denying Turkey's multiethnic, multicultural composition. This March, the
Kurdistan Workers Party (or PKK, according to its Kurdish acronym),
which began its bloody war against the Turkish state ... being its final cease-fire. A peace process between the
government and the PKK has been slowly and fractiously advancing since
then.
The most remarkable thing about the diversification ... behind bars.
Most of them have reported favorably on the Kurdish nationalist
movement, the PKK, and are victim to the country's draconian terror laws.
At least twenty journalists received
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EFTA02028284Set 10
2012-08-1441p9,889w
that have not
registered. The Turks believe that the Kurdistan
Worker's Party (PKK), a separatist Kurdish terrorist
group, is using this population to infiltrate Turkey to
launch ... violent bid for independence. Ankara is
convinced that PKK fighters allied with the Alawite
regime have taken control of parts of Syria,
particularly in ethnically Kurdish areas of the country ... Kurds of particular importance.
Indeed, Barzani and the Turks are wrestling against
the PKK and the Syrian regime for the loyalty of
Syria's Kurds, who might well attempt
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EFTA01180446Set 9
2012-08-1427p9,833w
that have not registered. The Turks believe that the
Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK), a separatist Kurdish terrorist group, is
using this population to infiltrate Turkey to launch ... violent bid for
independence. Ankara is convinced that PKK fighters allied with the
Alawite regime have taken control of parts of Syria, particularly in
ethnically Kurdish areas of the country ... Kurds of particular importance. Indeed,
Barzani and the Turks are wrestling against the PKK and the Syrian
regime for the loyalty of Syria's Kurds, who might well attempt
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EFTA01874845Set 10
2012-08-1441p9,886w
that have not
registered. The Turks believe that the Kurdistan
Worker's Party (PKK), a separatist Kurdish terrorist
group, is using this population to infiltrate Turkey to
launch ... violent bid for independence. Ankara is
convinced that PKK fighters allied with the Alawite
regime have taken control of parts of Syria,
particularly in ethnically Kurdish areas of the country ... Kurds of particular importance.
Indeed, Barzani and the Turks are wrestling against
the PKK and the Syrian regime for the loyalty of
Syria's Kurds, who might well attempt
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2013-04-1338p9,926w
daily
affairs. They objected to the AKP government's peace talks with
the PKK Kurdish rebel group. The chief prosecutor in Istanbul,
seen as a backer of Gulen, called ... Fidan, in February 2012, to question him
over the government's overtures to the PKK. Relations
collapsed completely in the late fall, with the corruption probe
and release of tapes ... writer in Washington, DC, and the author of a
history of the Kurdish rebel PKK movement, Blood and Belief
The PKK and the Kurdish Fightfor Independence. Halil
Karaveli is seniorfellow
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EFTA00662852Set 9
2014-04-1327p9,890w
daily affairs. They objected to the AKP government's peace talks with the
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PKK Kurdish rebel group. The chief prosecutor in Istanbul, seen as a
backer of Gulen, called ... Fidan, in
February 2012, to question him over the government's overtures to the
PKK. Relations collapsed completely in the late fall, with the corruption
probe and release of tapes ... writer in Washington, DC, and the author of a history of
the Kurdish rebel PKK movement, Blood and Belief The PKK and the
Kurdish Fightfor Independence. Halil Karaveli is seniorfellow
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2012-09-0624p8,284w
once and for all, the long
and violent struggle with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has
claimed tens of thousands of lives.
Then the whole thing fell apart.
EFTA01181119 ... channelling funds,
weapons and intelligence to the rebels, Syria seems to be encouraging the
PKK -- and its Syrian affiliate, the PYD -- to turn up the heat on Turkey.
EFTA01181120 ... bound to press their claims for political rights
and freedoms. In eastern Turkey, the PKK's 28-year insurgency seems to
be springing back to life with deadly ambushes against
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2011-10-1926p7,064w
military one. The
recent revelation that the government was negotiating with the PKK's
leader is further evidence of a willingness to break from the past.
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Despite ... difficult to stick to those policies at home. In response to recent
deadly PKK attacks, he vowed to push a military solution until the
last Kurdish rebel lays down ... past. Finding a path forward will be difficult, particularly with the
uptick in PKK violence, and that will be a consideration in the new
civilian constitution the Turkish political parties
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