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Nationalism: Modest reforms fail to curb Kurdish offensive

"Nationalism: Modest reforms fail to curb Kurdish offensive

By Delphine Strauss

Published: June 28 2010 00:34 | Last updated: June 28 2010 00:34

Mourners chanted “Martyrs do not die, our country is not split”, when they gathered at Ankara’s main mosque this month for the funeral of a baby-faced 21-year-old killed by Kurdish rebels. Old women dabbed their eyes, while young men, draped in Turkish flags, shouted army songs and nationalist slogans."

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