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Saturday, August 22, 2009

Israel can learn from Turkey's effort to preserve its societal mosaic

"Israel can learn from Turkey's effort to preserve its societal mosaic
By The Daily Star

Turkey’s decision to dramatically switch gears on how it deals with its Kurdish citizens is part of a “Kurdish initiative” by Prime Minister Erdogan, and gives the region a considerable amount of food for thought. Turkey’s earlier policies were well-known, if not infamous: erasing the names of villages of its Kurdish community and banning the use of the Kurdish language in public settings, among other measures, all a part of “Turkification” process that didn’t go very far in solving what was seen as a problem, and not a source of diversity."

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