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Thursday, August 25, 2005

Will the PKK Renounce Violence?

"Will the PKK Renounce Violence?
By Soner Cagaptay
Bitterlemons-international.org, August 25, 2005

If the US-Turkish relationship is the single most important unintended victim of the Iraq war, then disarming the PKK is a sure way of restoring the partnership to good health. The PKK presence in northern Iraq has thus far escaped US occupation untouched, and the organization has relaunched attacks inside Turkey. Stopping the PKK now will ensure that Iraq-related issues do not damage the US-Turkish relationship further. Indeed, this is the common logic in Washington and Ankara. The question is how to do it."

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By Soner Cagaptay