In Turkey, What Do Kurds Really Want?
After decades of fighting, Turkey's Kurds may be willing to give up their dreams of independence for the compromise of self-rule—for now
Over the past three decades, 40,000 people have died in the violent conflict between the Turkish government and Kurdistan’s Workers Party (PKK). But earlier this year, the peace process seemed to gain momentum, as the PKK announced a ceasefire, and the Turkish government said it was willing to negotiate with the banned group over the rights of the country’s roughly 15 million Kurds.
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