Turkey and PKK Need President Obama's Help for Peaceful Resolution
By Hamma Mirwaisi and Alison Buckley
In 2009, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to U.S. President Barack Obama for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between people." But disappointingly, since receiving the Prize, President Obama has not overseen the making of peace between any warring parties. In Turkey, a close ally of the US, the Turks and Kurds have been at war since 1984. At present, the Prime Minister of Turkey and the Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan are talking indirectly to end that war.
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