Turkey and the PKK cease-fire
March 25, 2013
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as posted by the channelThe PKK was born as a reaction to the authotarian and racist policies of the Turkish republic in the early 1980s, Since then around 40.000 people have died. However the Turkey of today is so much different from the Turkey of the 1980s. Modern Turkey is an emerging powerhouse, one that has the potential to become a regional power. With this in mind Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party has for several years been working to neutralize the military's political influence, quell the Kurdish insurgency and to expand the party's political support. Whats interesting here is that these three goals are interconnected. By engaging in political negotiations with the PKK, the government was able to undermine the military's force-based approach to the conflict and thereby diminish the military's overall influence in Turkish politics. Then by reaching a political understanding with the PKK, the Justice and Development Party claimed it succeeded in quelling the insurgency and from there it appealed to the Kurdish voters and expanded its political base. Aside domestic politics, Turkey has serious reasons to reach a peace accord with the PKK. This report further explains why this the recent cease-fire between Turkey and the PKK differs from previous truce agreements. And how the Kurdish insurgency play into the domestic politics of Turkey.
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