"Being Practical
January 12, 2009: Turkey has created a new special section within its Interior Ministry designed to coordinate 'strategic efforts' against terrorism. The Security Undersecretariat will not direct any operations, but will be responsible for 'research, analysis and assessments.' The Security Undersecretariat will deal numerous terrorist organizations besides the PKK. However, within the last three years, several Turkish security analysts (including several inside the military) publicly argued that Turkey had failed to appropriately use 'psychological' and political strengths to defeat the PKK. The critics were stating the obvious. It looks like the Security Undersecretariat may be an institutional response to that criticism."
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