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Political Editor: The Majalla
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on : Thursday, 9 May, 2013

PKK fighters begin withdrawal from Turkey

ERBIL, Asharq Al-Awsat—Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) fighters began a phased withdrawal from Turkish territory yesterday, in what may prove to be a historic development in Turkish–Kurdish relations. PKK fighters began to withdraw from southeastern Turkey on Wednesday night, heading for safe havens in Iraqi Kurdistan after Turkish forces pledged to turn off night-vision devices between 1 and 4 am to allow the Kurdish rebels to withdraw safely. This represents the first step—and a v...

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Ahmet Gencturk
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on : Wednesday, 1 May, 2013

PKK Waves Flag of Islam

Recent comments from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan puzzled groups that have long been allied with his party. In a letter that was read out to crowds gathered for the Kurdish New Year in Diyarbakır a few weeks ago, Öcalan emphasized the role of Islam as forming a strong bond between Kurds and Turks: “Turkish people who know ancient Anatolia as Turkey should know that their coexistence with Kurdish people dates back to a historical agreement of fraternity and s...

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Hannah Lucinda Smith
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on : Tuesday, 2 Apr, 2013

War of Words

It is only a fish restaurant, but Memet gasps with surprise when he sees it. “I’ve never seen this in Diyarbakır before,” he says. “The sign is written in Kurdish.” ...

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James Denselow
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on : Tuesday, 26 Mar, 2013

The Stateless Statesmen

The vast majority of global debate over the tenth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq has focused on the rights and wrongs of the decision to go to war and questions over whether t...

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Nicholas Birch
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on : Monday, 25 Mar, 2013

Big Brother Erdoğan

Five years ago in Diyarbakır, a Kurdish city built on a volcanic outcrop over a bend in the River Tigris in southeast Turkey, I met a man who was famous for ending blood feu...

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Barçin Yinanç
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on : Monday, 18 Feb, 2013

Three’s A Crowd

My career as a diplomatic reporter began just a couple of months before the start of the First Gulf War. It was then that the sentence “maintaining the territorial integrity ...

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Malik Al-Abdeh
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on : Tuesday, 8 Jan, 2013

Mr. Öçalan’s Philosophy

Across a narrow belt of land along Syria’s northern border, Kurds are staking a claim to self-determination. Where the overstretched Syrian army withdrew voluntarily in July ...

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Keily Miller
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on : Wednesday, 2 Jan, 2013

Strange Bedfellows

The tumultuous events of the past few months have left onlookers wondering just how natural gas has emerged as the Middle East’s latest rabble-rouser. Once spurned by convent...

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Andrea Glioti
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on : Monday, 26 Nov, 2012

The Second Syrian Front: Arabs and Kurds

For several months now, the north-eastern, Kurdish areas of Syria have been shaking off the control of Damascus despite the continued presence of security officials. The Syrian...

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Helena Alves
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on : Tuesday, 3 Apr, 2012

Women’s Rights, a Revolution Worth Completing

The aftermath of an Arab Spring was initially a time of joy for the role many women played during those days of revolution. However, from West to East, there is still much to b...

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