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	<title>Bashdar Pusho Ismaeel &#187; Kurdish Opening</title>
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		<title>Turkey’s battle against PKK – why washing blood with blood will never see a victor</title>
		<link>http://bashdar.co.uk/2016/04/turkeys-battle-against-pkk-why-washing-blood-with-blood-will-never-see-a-victor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2016 08:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Turkey’s peace process with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) grinded to a comprehensive halt with the resumption of deadly violence in July 2015, Ankara has made a crucial error by shutting the “Kurdish opening”. Describing the Kurdish issue as a “terrorism” problem merely scratches the surface and opens the door to more violence. The [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Attitude to Turkish atrocities of the past the real gauge of sentiment in the future</title>
		<link>http://bashdar.co.uk/2013/11/attitude-to-turkish-atrocities-of-the-past-the-real-gauge-of-sentiment-in-the-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2013 00:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Kurdish position in Turkey is a far-cry from decades of denial, persecution and second class status but has Turkey comes to terms with its past policies? The carnival atmosphere last week in Diyarbakir with Kurdistan President Massaud Barzani side-by-side with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and famous Kurdish artists was an unprecedented event. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Death of Kurdish protestor adds fuel to Turkish fire</title>
		<link>http://bashdar.co.uk/2013/07/death-of-kurdish-protestor-adds-fuel-to-turkish-fire/</link>
		<comments>http://bashdar.co.uk/2013/07/death-of-kurdish-protestor-adds-fuel-to-turkish-fire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2013 00:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In last week’s column, the sensitivity of Turkey’s Kurdish peace process and the accompanying democratic initiative was highlighted with a warning that single-bullet can unravel months or years of gains. The highly unfortunate death of Medeni Yildirim, caught up as protests in Lice near Diyarbakir against the building of a new Turkish military outpost grew [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The Turkish-Kurdish peace process at a critical juncture</title>
		<link>http://bashdar.co.uk/2013/06/the-turkish-kurdish-peace-process-at-a-critical-juncture/</link>
		<comments>http://bashdar.co.uk/2013/06/the-turkish-kurdish-peace-process-at-a-critical-juncture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2013 00:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As ever in the Middle East, the concept of destruction can take mere seconds and construction many years. It may take years, decades or even centuries to strike peace, resolve sectarian, ethnic or political rifts or reach consensus whilst a single bullet, bombing or event can quickly lead back to square one. In the face [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Reality versus ideology – approaching the Kurdish question</title>
		<link>http://bashdar.co.uk/2013/01/reality-versus-ideology-approaching-the-kurdish-question/</link>
		<comments>http://bashdar.co.uk/2013/01/reality-versus-ideology-approaching-the-kurdish-question/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The great shifts in the political and strategic landscape of the Middle East was merely accelerated by the Arab Spring, it had begun long before that. The much repressed Kurds who long lived in the shadows of other nations were at the forefront of this new Middle East. The Kurdish renaissance has begun and while [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>One Man’s Terrorist Another Man’s Freedom Fighter?</title>
		<link>http://bashdar.co.uk/2012/09/one-mans-terrorist-another-mans-freedom-fighter/</link>
		<comments>http://bashdar.co.uk/2012/09/one-mans-terrorist-another-mans-freedom-fighter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2012 00:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As ever, there is a fine line between a terrorist organisation and freedom fighters. As the old saying goes, one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter. Perception and the country in question is key as are geopolitics and the context within which the struggles arise. Many independent countries have come to the fore as [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The ‘Kurdish opening’ in Turkey remains as open as ever</title>
		<link>http://bashdar.co.uk/2011/05/the-kurdish-opening-in-turkey-remains-as-open-as-ever/</link>
		<comments>http://bashdar.co.uk/2011/05/the-kurdish-opening-in-turkey-remains-as-open-as-ever/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 00:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is no doubt that the relations with Kurds both withinTurkeyand also with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) have improved under the auspices of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. However, one cannot help but see a man who appears shackled and incoherent, in the midst of reformists, Islamists and pioneers on the hand and [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The vicious cycle of &#8216;no peace, no war&#8217; bites Turkey once more</title>
		<link>http://bashdar.co.uk/2010/06/the-vicious-cycle-of-no-peace-no-war-bites-turkey-once-more/</link>
		<comments>http://bashdar.co.uk/2010/06/the-vicious-cycle-of-no-peace-no-war-bites-turkey-once-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 00:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hope and growing expectation that the age-old Kurdish issue could be finally resolved in Turkey, underlined by the government&#8217;s bold and historical undertaking referred to as the &#8220;Kurdish opening&#8221;, quickly evaporated. The derailment of the brief positivity that was sewn in the much impoverished and conflict scarred east of Turkey is highlighted by the dramatic [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>DTP ban clouds quest to mend bridges in Turkey</title>
		<link>http://bashdar.co.uk/2009/12/dtp-ban-clouds-quest-to-mend-bridges-in-turkey/</link>
		<comments>http://bashdar.co.uk/2009/12/dtp-ban-clouds-quest-to-mend-bridges-in-turkey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two months can be a relatively long-time when it comes to politics in Turkey. Only recently there was widespread optimism and hope that Turkey was finally intent on tackling its age-old Kurdish dilemma head-on. However, hope quickly turned into despair with the contentious decision to ban the Democratic Society Party (DTP) by the Turkish Constitutional [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Building new bridges in Turkey based on old realities</title>
		<link>http://bashdar.co.uk/2009/09/building-new-bridges-in-turkey-based-on-old-realities/</link>
		<comments>http://bashdar.co.uk/2009/09/building-new-bridges-in-turkey-based-on-old-realities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The time has come to usher a new era of peace and brotherhood. This no longer has to be a distant pipedream but an emerging reality that can propel Turkey to new cohesion and unity. After 25 years of bloodshed and missed opportunities, Turkey must realise that cutting the branches of your problem is fruitless [&#8230;]]]></description>
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