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Drinking Poison for Peace

Ilco van der Linde | Posted 30.04.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Abraham Lincoln, Nationalist Movement Party, Erdogan, Nelson Mandela, Abdullah Ocalan, Undp, Pkk, UK Politics News
Ilco van der Linde

Last week Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan looked back on the first weeks of peace talks with the Kurds and happily stated that it had turned into an 'extremely resolved journey of hope'. Could this be a true reflection of what's really going on?

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The PKK, Ceasefires and the Turkish State

Jody Sabral | Posted 25.03.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Turkey, Peace Talks, Kurds, Middle East, The Pkk, Kurdistan, Kurdish Rebels, Peace, Erdogan, UK Politics News
Jody Sabral

Last week Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party or PKK, called for a ceasefire with the Turkish state. The announcement garnered widespread international coverage largely because the announcement was made to coincide with the Persian/Kurdish New Year and not long after the government announced it was in direct talks with Ocalan himself. But will this lead to a meaningful lasting peace?

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"If Women Want, Fight Will End"

Ilco van der Linde | Posted 07.05.2013 | UK
Read More: Erdogan, Turkey, Un, Masterpeace, Pkk, International Women's Day, UK Impact, UK News
Ilco van der Linde

I happen to know two wonderful women who have been at the forefront of peace building for decades and who show how much inspiration and result this can bring: Mary Robinson and Angelique Kidjo

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Monsters, Courage and Politics: Erdogan's Conundrum

Gil Kazimirov | Posted 27.03.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Syria, Turkey, Nato, Genocide, Erdogan, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Bashar Assad, Syrian Uprising, Bashar Al-Assad, Turkish Politics, Syrian Civil War, UK Students, UK Universities & Education News
Gil Kazimirov

Erdogan is a shrewd, mature politician, intimately acquainted with this and other tenets of international relations. With him as captain, Turkey re-emerged as a financial behemoth in the region and flexed its political muscle. Yet he failed to foresee the ultimate direction of his ship: a painful choice between Scylla and Charybdis, the two mythical sea monsters.

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Instead of Camus Remember Fanon: Here's to the Wretched of the Earth

Tam Hussein | Posted 07.01.2013 | Home
Read More: Philosophy, North Africa, Arabs, Turkey, Arab Spring, Middle East, Algeria, France, Malcolm X, Erdogan, Albert Camus, Franz Fanon, Culture, Home News
Tam Hussein

When France was moralizing over the Armenian genocide the Turkish Prime Minister, Erdogan accused them of hypocrisy.

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Turkey: Why The Empire is Striking Back

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 04.08.2012 | UK
Read More: Mbc, Istanbul, Arab Spring, Shimon Peres, Turkey, Gaza, Davos, Erdogan, Israel, World Economic Forum, Video, UK News
Faisal J. Abbas

Tonight, all eyes will be on Turkey where the World Economic Forum on the Middle East, North Africa (MENA) and Eurasia will be inaugurated.

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Turkey: New Kid on the Block

Jonathan Fryer | Posted 22.10.2011 | UK
Read More: Erdogan, Turkey, Somalia, UK News
Jonathan Fryer

When Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Mogadishu at the weekend, along with members of his family and several Cabinet Minist...

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