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southeast turkey
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The injustice wrought on Kurdish mayors
Turkey's most successful Kurdish party is fighting to survive after 50 of its 65 elected mayors were unseated by government order
Turkey’s toothy smile of unity
Ignoring the country’s most successful Kurdish party does not bode well for peace in the southeast
Gone: Hakkari and Şırnak
Turkey’s government is planning a wholesale reorganisation of the two provinces in the country’s far southeast, according to proposals laid before parliament
PKK, TAK and the sea of confusion
Like any war, Turkey’s conflict with the PKK has nuances that are not straightforward to unpack
If this is the PKK, it is a game changer
Not for decades have Kurdish militants struck civilians on a mass scale. That may have changed on Sunday
The first step of the peace process: a PKK ceasefire
The imprisoned PKK leader issues a call for peace to a crowd of thousands in Turkey's southeast
There is still hope for a Kurdish peace
The news that three Kurdish women, including a co-founder of the PKK, were found shot dead in a…
Here we go again
The first signs are that some earthquake disaster relief lessons have been learned. In the last three hours,…
New Year cheer: how Top Gear offended Turkey
Fans of the BBC’s popular motoring show Top Gear will be aware that their latest adventure saw them drive…
You propose an alliance?
A CHP-BDP tie-up could bolster the Turkish left wing