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Thursday, March 14, 2013

Turkey’s future: Presidential dreaming | The Economist

Presidential dreaming
How a peace deal with the Kurds could pave the way for a new Turkish constitution
Mar 16th 2013 | DIYARBAKIR

ZEHRA CACAN sits on the edge of a fresh grave strewn with flowers and prays quietly. In it lies her 30-year-old son, whose nom de guerre, Serxwebun, means insurrection in Kurdish. He died in January in a clash with the Turkish army on the Iraqi border. Hundreds of his fellow fighters from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) are also buried in the Yenisehir cemetery in Diyarbakir. Their graves are distinguished by the red, yellow and green ribbons adorning their headstones.

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