"Kurdish Unrest Escalates in Turkey's Southeast
By Igor Torbakov
The issue of national security appears to be again coming to the forefront of Turkish politics. The continuing infiltration of Kurdish insurgents into Turkey from Iraq, the clashes between the army and domestic Kurdish youths, the spate of terrorist acts carried out by Kurdish militant groups and, finally, the recent arrest of al-Qaeda militants in the country's southeastern province all underscore the Turkish government's preoccupation with the looming threat of terrorism."
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