"Turkish and Kurdish intellectuals meet over Kurdish issue
Turkish and Kurdish intellectuals alike called for the PKK to lay down their arms at a gathering this weekend. Tight security surrounded the gathering of Turkish and Kurdish intellectuals who came together to discuss a peaceful resolution to the 22-year old Kurdish conflict in the southeast of the country. Speakers voiced the crisis on both sides of the debate: 'There is a crisis of confidence between the two sides,' Kurdish rights campaigner Sertac Bucak said. 'There is a Kurdish phobia in Turkey.' "
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