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Friday, December 17, 2010

Turkey: Are PKK and Gulen Movement Burying Hatchet? | EurasiaNet.org

"Turkey: Are PKK and Gulen Movement Burying Hatchet?
December 16, 2010 - 4:12pm, by Nicholas Birch

An armed Kurdish group slowly weaning itself off Marxist-Leninism and a powerful Islamic movement that preaches interfaith dialogue laced with Turkish nationalism: the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Fethullah Gulen Movement do not seem to be natural bed-fellows. But a flurry of activity following comments made in early December by the imprisoned leader of the PKK is fueling speculation that, after years of bitter enmity, the two movements might be moving towards dialogue."

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