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		<title>The Turkish-Kurdish peace process at a critical juncture</title>
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		<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>The vicious cycle of &#8216;no peace, no war&#8217; bites Turkey once more</title>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<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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