"BDP makes crucial mistake
JOOST LAGENDIJK
I was in Washington this week to participate in a panel on recent developments in Turkey, organized by the Center for American Progress, an influential democratic think tank. The main focus during the discussion was the Kurdish issue. American Turkey watchers had a difficult time understanding what was happening and how to make sense of the contradictory news coming out of the country. While one Kurdish party, the Democratic Society Party, or DTP, was closed down in December of last year by the Constitutional Court, the successor party, the Peace and Democracy Party, or BDP, is alive and kicking in the national parliament."
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