Friday, April 21, 2006

Trouble in the South-East:Will the Reformers Please Stand up?

"Trouble in the South-East:
Will the Reformers Please Stand up?
by
Joost Lagendijk

In Europe, politicians on both sides of the political spectrum are loosing patience over continuing violence in South-East Turkey and over the striking fact that not all parties involved seem to genuinely want the problem to be resolved.

It is only by breaking the vicious circle of provocations and violence that there is a realistic prospect of development for South-East Anatolia and full cultural and political rights for the Kurds. Continued violence not only means that this goal remains unobtainable, it will also make the Kurds lose their support within the EU."

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