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EVENT:
Turkish troops withdrew from northern Iraq on February 29.
SIGNIFICANCE:
Despite the end of the offensive against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's current Kurdish policy assumes that the PKK can be destroyed by military measures, while the majority of Kurds can be appeased with better social services, economic development and a language of Islamic solidarity. Growing violence in the Kurdish provinces and western Turkey suggests that these assumptions are wrong and the resulting policy mix insufficient to contain Kurdish discontent and avert inter-ethnic polarisation.
Word Count (approx): 1216
Headings
- Reluctant reformers
- Punishment through the courts
- Welfare and Islamic solidarity
- DTP exclusion risks
- Outlook
Primary Keywords: ME/NAF, Turkey, economy, politics, aid, education, election, ethnic, government, guerrillas, human rights, judicial, military, party, poverty, reform, regional, security, terrorism, welfare
Secondary Keywords: EU, Iraq, United States
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