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The marginalisation of Turkish Kurds
Turkey struggles to deal with the marginalisation and radicalisation of its young Kurds. Ethnic tensions are rife, and clashes erupted between Kurdish groups and nationalist factions in the heart of Istanbul earlier this month. But the government has recently made overtures towards the Kurdish minority, which makes up close to 20 percent of Turkey's population.
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