"A new assessment of the Kurdish issue - 2
Monday, February 6, 2006
Opinion by Doğu ERGİL
2006 will be the definitive year for Turkey in bringing lucidity to its understanding of the so-called 'Kurdish problem.' Either this will be dealt with as it was before -- namely, a security problem emanating from terrorism, spearheaded by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party -- or a mental breakthrough, call it a paradigm shift, will take place and the matter will be conceived of as a structural problem that has its roots in the social, political, cultural and economic fabric of the wider society. If this mental transformation can’t be accomplished, Turkey’s capacity to transform itself into a full-fledged democracy and affluent country will be squandered on security concerns that are basically of its own making. "
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