"No alternative in foreign policy?
View: Professor Huseyin Bagci
bagci@metu.edu.tr
Turkey is currently further debating the Ocalan case while terrorists from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) again cause great military and psychological damage to Turkish politics. Since the decision declared by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), more than 10 soldiers have lost their lives in southeastern Anatolia and the common perception is that more uneasy days for Turkey are on the way. The expected nationalist tendencies are rising, and this is exactly what strikes fear amongst the Turkish public. Statements made by Gen. Yasar Buyukanit that large amounts of C4 explosives have been smuggled into Turkey through the Iraqi border indicate that new bloodshed is to be expected. The Turkish Army must undertake urgent measures to protect its borders. Homeland security is therefore of primary importance in Turkey. "
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