Turkey’s Kurdish Peace Process On a Knife’s Edge
The killing of a Kurdish protester by Turkish security forces has heightened fears that the fragile peace between the government and the PKK may be coming to an end.
![Protesters shout slogans during an anti-government protest at Taksim Square in Istanbul Protesters shout slogans during an anti-government protest at Taksim Square in Istanbul June 29, 2013. Thousands of protesters marched to Istanbul's Taksim Square on Saturday chanting slogans against the government and police after security forces killed a Kurdish demonstrator in southeastern Turkey. The protest had been planned as part of larger unrelated anti-government demonstrations that have swept through the country since the end of May, but became a voice of solidarity with the Kurds after Friday's k](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2013/07/1-RTX116BG.jpg/1-RTX116BG.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=V07h4IaV)
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