"The U.S. and Turkey may soon clash over the PKK
By Henri J. Barkey
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Thursday, September 01, 2005
A few months ago, former Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit stunned observers when he remarked that six years after the capture of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan, he still did not really know why it was that the United States had delivered him to the Turkish authorities in Kenya. Considering Washington's unwavering support for Turkey's anti-PKK campaign, Ecevit's comments were mostly interpreted as the ruminations of an ailing and defeated nationalist politician."
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