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Turkey’s Kurds poised to play a pivotal role - India Gazette

Turkey’s Kurds poised to play a pivotal role

The Japan Times Saturday 13th June, 2015

In a remarkable change of fortune, Turkey’s long-marginalized Kurdish minority is poised to play a pivotal role in the country’s politics. In the parliamentary election on June 7, the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), received nearly 13 percent of the popular vote, giving it an expected 80 seats in the 550-member National Assembly.

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