"TURKEY: RECENT STUDY SHEDS LIGHT ON PLIGHT OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS
Yigal Schleifer 1/10/07
The recent release of a long-awaited study on the size of Turkey’s population of internally displaced persons (IDPs) has refocused attention on this enduring problem, raising questions about Ankara’s dedication to addressing the issue.
Turkey’s IDP problem is connected to the turbulence of the 1980’s and 1990’s, when Turkish security forces battled guerillas from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the country’s predominantly-Kurdish southeast region. More than 30,000 individuals on both sides are believed to have been killed during the insurgency."
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