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Saturday, March 12, 2011

Political shift divides Kurds in Turkey

"Political shift divides Kurds in Turkey

Thomas Seibert

Last Updated: Mar 13, 2011

ISTANBUL // For more than 30 years, the singer Sivan Perwer has been the 'voice of freedom' for Turkey's Kurds - and a potentially dangerous separatist in the eyes of the Turkish state. But in a sign of fundamental shifts that are changing Turkey's long-running Kurdish conflict, Perwer, one of the most respected figures in the Kurdish scene, has publicly distanced himself from rebels fighting Ankara."

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