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Kurdish rebels: is negotiation still possible?

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In Turkey, Kurdish rebels have recently stepped up attacks. Last week they targeted several police stations in the largely Kurdish south-east of the country. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Ankara is running out of patience with the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, which has been waging a violent campaign for autonomy in the south-east since 1984.

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by Anonyme - 12/10/2011 - 15:23

İt's normal... Sarkozy + sarkisyan idea is = france24 news

little bit bias

by Anonyme - 04/10/2011 - 23:52

You ve gave an opinion of your own correspondence and BDP party official but no opinion from government or ordinary Turks from other part of Turkey, why is that?

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