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Identity politics or national identity debate?
| OpinionTurkey never ceases to debate “identity politics” around elections. In previous elections, political parties tapped …
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OpinionKurdish Voices from Afrin Unheard in Western Media
By Rena Netjes"The western media portray all Kurds supporting the PYD. But Kurds are diverse. There are different parties, independent politicians, leftists, religious conservatives, etc."
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OpinionErdoğan vs opposition: New constitution, Kurdish question
By Burhanettin DuranPresident Erdoğan told Parliament that he has implemented a series of reforms and took several steps to resolve the Kurdish question since rising to that challenge in 2005.
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OpinionSolving or just discussing? Turkey’s ‘Kurdish question’
By Burhanettin DuranCHP and the IP may face two problems at once. Failure to talk about autonomy or native-language education would get them stuck between Erdoğan’s Diyarbakır address and the HDP’s demands. Discussing the problems with the reconciliation process would put the CHP and the IP, not the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party), in a difficult position.
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Erdoğan’s Diyarbakır discourse serves whom?
By Burhanettin DuranTurkey just entered a period of renewed debate on the Kurdish question, when the way we talk about that issue, too, will be the subject of discussion.
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Triangulation in Turkish politics: The HDP case
By Burhanettin DuranAt the end of the day, the HDP wasted every single opportunity and failed the test of democracy.
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Rules of thumb for fighting terrorism
By Burhanettin DuranThe reaction of politicians to the execution of 13 Turkish citizens by the PKK terrorist group demonstrates the challenges Turkey faces in its counterterrorism efforts. It is deeply saddening that opposition parties would rather look for a scapegoat than join the nation in condemning the terrorists who shot abductees in the head.
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PKK’s Gara attack a litmus test both at home...
By Burhanettin DuranTurkey mourns the death of its 13 unarmed citizens, who were executed by the PKK terrorist organization in a cave on Mt. Gara, northern Iraq. The most recent security operation, during which three Turkish troops lost their lives, not only demonstrated anew the PKK’s bloodthirsty nature but also revealed the unbearable double standards that apply to the condemnation of terror attacks at home and abroad.
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Identity crisis in CHP and anti-Erdoğanism
By Burhanettin DuranThe main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) made headlines again, as three parliamentarians resigned and Muharrem Ince, the CHP’s presidential candidate in the 2018 election, is preparing to launch his own movement. CHP Deputy Özgür Özel, the minority whip, blamed these developments on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, but the problem is more complex and deeply rooted. CHP Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu’s policy of stripping his party of ideology and identity, in an attempt to unite the opposition, appears to have hit a dead end.