"Betwixt and between in Turkey
By Zvi Bar'el
'The Democratic Society Party' - that's an ironic name for a political party that was banned by order of Turkey's Constitutional Court earlier this month. But the Kurds in Turkey, who belong to that party, know that in that country, a democratic society is far beyond their reach. After all, this is not the first of their parties to be closed down: It was preceded by the People's Work Party, the Freedom and Democracy Party, the Democracy Party and the People's Democracy Party. All were pro-Kurdish organizations whose members moved from one party to another following the closures. Now, too, in light of the court order, it appears that some of them will join the new party established a year ago, the Peace and Democracy Party. The latter was established in order to create a political refuge in the event that the Democratic Society Party was banned."
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