mardi, 08 avril 2008
EU'S REGIONAL POLICY AND KURDISH QUESTION
The Republic of Turkey has a credibility problem regarding solutions to the Kurdish question. Accepting Kurds as interlocutors seems difficult for those ruling elites whether they are old-style Kemalists or new-fashion Islamists. Turkish governments' approach to comparable situations in other countries and mainly their stance on the Cyprus question shows a clear double standard. On Cyprus, policies to introduce an independent state, if not a federal structure are brought up, whereas a strictly centralist and �Unitarian� approach is adopted for the solution of the Kurdish issue. This is a vast contradiction.14:00 Publié dans CENGIZ AKTAR , ENGLISH EDITION , TURQUIE | Lien permanent | Commentaires (0) | Envoyer cette note | Tags : europe, turkey, kurds, islam, cengiz aktar, europeus
mercredi, 14 novembre 2007
BULGARIA'S TURKS AND TURKEY'S KURDS
The new leader of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) brought up the model of pro-Turkish Rights and Freedoms Party (RFP) of Bulgaria as a solution to the problems Kurds are facing in Turkey. That has triggered polemics, likely to continue for long. As a matter of fact, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan previously noted the similarities and suggested that the RFP would set a model for Kurds in certain aspects. However, there are opinion makers talking through their hats as always.
11:15 Publié dans CENGIZ AKTAR , ENGLISH EDITION , TURQUIE | Lien permanent | Commentaires (0) | Envoyer cette note | Tags : europe, turkey, bulgaria, kurds, cengiz aktar, europeus.org