"Does Turkey have an answer to the Kurdish question?
Simon Tisdall: President Gul has spoken of a 'historic opportunity' and a 'new consensus', but elsewhere in the country, scepticism remains
Thursday, 21 May 2009
Speculation is rife in Turkey that a settlement of the Kurdish question may finally be within reach after 25 years of violence and confrontation that has claimed 40,000 lives. But while politicians and commentators in Ankara and Istanbul focus on a new beginning, Kurds in the south-east of the country complain old-style, dead-end repression is only getting worse."
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