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		<title>As Erdogan prepares to meet Trump, can US keep allies from bloodshed?</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2017/05/as-erdogan-prepares-to-meet-trump-can-us-keep-allies-from-bloodshed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2017 15:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The timing of the Turkish airstrikes on Syrian Kurdish forces, weeks before Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is due to visit the US President Donald Trump, is not a coincidence. The attacks serve as a warning for the US, but it also aims to ensure Turkey retains an influence over proceedings in Syria, while simultaneously [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Faced with a common enemy, a new front pitching Kurd against Kurd is a travesty</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2017/03/faced-with-a-common-enemy-a-new-front-pitching-kurd-against-kurd-is-a-travesty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Mar 2017 15:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even in the face of a common enemy, and at a historic juncture, relations between Rojava and the Kurdistan Region have been blighted by political differences. A prime example is the ongoing presence of the PKK and its affiliated armed wing, Shingal Resistance Unit (YBS), in Shingal region. Although these forces played a crucial role [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Lifting of MPs immunity from prosecution fuel for new social earthquake in Turkey</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2016/06/lifting-of-mps-immunity-from-prosecution-fuel-for-new-social-earthquake-in-turkey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2016 12:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ratified a bill lifting MPs&#8217; immunity from prosecution. Although, it is a move that affects all opposition parties, it no doubt bites the Kurdish-focused Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) the hardest with 55 out of 59 of their elected parliamentarians facing a summary of proceedings. The billed was signed [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Erdogan’s presidential system already on show as Davutoglu stands down</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2016/05/erdogans-presidential-system-already-on-show-as-davutoglu-stands-down/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2016/05/erdogans-presidential-system-already-on-show-as-davutoglu-stands-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2016 07:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To say that Turkey is passing through a sensitive juncture is a big understatement. A rekindled and bloody war with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), the ever-present threat of the Islamic State (IS), millions of refugees from the Syrian civil war and a headache posed by growing Syrian Kurdish autonomy is underlined by political uncertainty. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Turkey’s battle against PKK – why washing blood with blood will never see a victor</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2016/04/turkeys-battle-against-pkk-why-washing-blood-with-blood-will-never-see-a-victor/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2016/04/turkeys-battle-against-pkk-why-washing-blood-with-blood-will-never-see-a-victor/#comments</comments>
		<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>AKP’s sweep to power in Turkey raises more questions than answers</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2015/11/akps-sweep-to-power-in-turkey-raises-more-questions-than-answers/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2015/11/akps-sweep-to-power-in-turkey-raises-more-questions-than-answers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2015 07:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Justice and Development Party (AKP) swept to a single-party majority for the fourth time since 2002, this was much to the surprise of many. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s AKP won 316 seats in parliament in stark contracts to June elections. The snap elections would afford a second chance to make amends and [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Transformation of realities on the ground in Turkey since June polls but snap election outcome unlikely to follow suit</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2015/10/transformation-of-realities-on-the-ground-in-turkey-since-june-polls-but-snap-election-outcome-unlikely-to-follow-suit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2015 10:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Less than 5 months after the historic national elections on 7th June, Turkey heads to the polls once more on 1st November. In such a short period of time, a lot has happened in Turkey. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Justice and Development Party (AKP) lost their majority and much of that was [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Turkey’s vicious cycle of conflict can be broken</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2015/09/turkeys-vicious-cycle-of-conflict-can-be-broken/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2015/09/turkeys-vicious-cycle-of-conflict-can-be-broken/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2015 08:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A week-long curfew in Cizre was finally ended on Saturday but the fallout is likely to linger much longer and serve as fuel for more violence. Since the ceasefire was shattered in July, the war between Ankara and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has intensified threatening to return Turkey to the dark days of the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Turkey’s snap election promises yet more political deadlock and instability</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2015/08/turkeys-snap-election-promises-yet-more-political-deadlock-and-instability/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2015/08/turkeys-snap-election-promises-yet-more-political-deadlock-and-instability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2015 09:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Turkey faces a snap election on November 1st, just months after its last election. The elections of June 7th bore great significance as the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) lost its parliamentary majority owed to the success of the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) that saw a Kurdish political party comfortably pass the 10% [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>With eyes on a new election, Erdogan takes a dangerous gamble by attacking PKK</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2015/08/with-eyes-on-a-new-election-erdogan-takes-a-dangerous-gamble-by-attacking-pkk/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2015/08/with-eyes-on-a-new-election-erdogan-takes-a-dangerous-gamble-by-attacking-pkk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2015 11:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bashdar.co.uk/?p=749</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After decades of a bloody war between the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) and Ankara, lessons are not been learnt with the peace process effectively dead in the ground and all the signs pointing to a swift return to the dark days of the past. Decades of assimilation policies failed and now after the death of [&#8230;]]]></description>
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