The Turkish Model
Can a Turk, a Kurd and an Alevi be equals?
In an unprecedented move, in late December 2012 Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) government started negotiations with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to resolve the protracted conflict between the Turks and Kurds. Crystallizing during the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire in the second half of the 19th century, the Kurdish question remains at the heart of Turkish politics, thanks to the Kemalist regime’s banishment policy, denial of Kurdish identity and the PKK’s armament thirty years ago. Some estimates show that at least 90,000 people have been killed in the protracted conflict, half of them being in the last thirty years. So, could the AKP and the PKK resolve this conflict? In other words, could a Kurd be equal to a Turk and learn and speak his language in public schools?
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