Erdogan's Kurdish PoliciesBreak From Turkey's Past - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Mustafa Akyol

Mustafa Akyol

Mar 22, 2013

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the members of his ruling AK Party, as he stands in front of the portraits of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, and himself during a meeting at his party headquarters in Ankara October 26, 2011. REUTERS/Stringer (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR2T7L8 — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of his ruling Justice and Development Party while standing in front of portraits of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, and himself during a meeting at party headquarters in Ankara, July 11, 2012. — REUTERS

Turkish-Kurdish women flash V for victory signs during a demonstration in support of Syrian Kurds, in the southeastern Turkish town of Nusaybin, near the Turkish-Syrian border, January, 26, 2013. Sitting across the table from top Turkish officials, jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan wields the power to silence guns across southeastern Turkey which have killed more than 40,000 people in a three decade-old insurgency. Reviled by most Turks and held in virtual isolation since his 1999 capture, the Kur

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Workers hang portraits of modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (L), President Abdullah Gul (2nd L) and Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan before a groundbreaking ceremony for the third Bosphorus bridge linking the European and Asian sides of Istanbul May 29, 2013. REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY - Tags: BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION POLITICS) - RTX1051J

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