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Turkey facing challenges: resolving Kurdish problem | News from Armenia - NEWS.am

"Turkey facing challenges: resolving Kurdish problem
13:19 / 09/13/2009

By Andranik Ispiryan

Kind of “lull” was observed in the Armenian-Turkish rapprochement process from April 23 to August 31. That day, through Swiss mediation, Armenia and Turkey published the Protocols on normalizing the bilateral relations. It was during that “lull” that the Turkish authorities declared another initiative, which is of no less importance for the country. The Justice and Development Party announced the initiative to resolve the Kurdish problem as part of democratization processes in the country. Thus, Turkey decided to normalize its relations with Armenia simultaneously settling one of its domestic problems, the Kurdish problem."

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