"Beyond Bananas: Hopes for the Kurdish Minority in 2009
President Gül received praise from those serious about resolving the Kurdish problem when he invited Hakarri DTP deputy Hamit Geylati to Çankaya Palace this November. Geylati was invited to discuss the status of the Kurdish minority with the president, including cultural and political rights for the long oppressed minority. What made the meeting so remarkable was its contrast to the politics of Turkey's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, whose staunchly nationalist remarks in Hakarri in late October helped ignite protests against the prime minister throughout the region."
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