"Wednesday, August 1, 2007
EURASIA INSIGHT
TURKISH PARLIAMENT POISED FOR TUG-OF-WAR OVER KURDISH QUESTION
Yigal Schleifer 8/01/07
Amidst rising tensions about Kurdish activities in northern Iraq, the new Turkish parliament, which will convene for the first time on August 4, will offer a sharp -- if not potentially combustible – study in contrasts.
In one section will be the 22 members of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP), among them a lawyer who once represented jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, one of the most reviled figures in Turkey."
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