"A sudden rush of awareness on Kurdish rights
Semih Idiz Thursday 22 November 2007 - 07:00
Judging by what former commanders are saying now, Turkey’s approach to the Kurdish issue was fundamentally flawed from the start Winston Churchill is reputed to have said of the American’s that “they always get it right” going on to add, after a brief pause for effect, “eventually!” One wonders if the same might not be said of Turks. After all we, too, have a Turkish saying - “Türkün aklı sonra başına gelir” - which more or less translates into what Churchill said of the Americans, except that it is about Turks. This saying appears to be corroborated once again after some of the most senior of former commanders of the Turkish Armed forces, now retired, have started to “admit” what has been obvious to many for decades."
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