"Talking Turkey
Tinder of Competing Nationalisms, EU Involvement Needs Only a Spark to Ignite
By Jon Gorvett
Turkish Kurds hold a portrait of jailed PKK rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan and Kurdish flags during a May Day demonstration in Istanbul’s Kadikly Square (AFP Photo/Mustafa Ozer).
WHEN THE European Court of Human Rights ruled in early May that Turkey’s one time “most wanted” man had not received a fair trial, there was little surprise—if a lot of resentment—among many Turks. With the decision coming on the heels of a groundswell of nationalist feeling, the declaration also was expected to result in a substantial backlash, even as leading government figures appealed for calm."
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