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Kurdish activists assassinated in Paris

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Will the assassination of three Kurdish activists kill the peace process? The three murders, including that of a key go-between to imprisoned PPK leader Abdullah Öcalan, come just as Ankara announced talks to end a conflict that’s lasted nearly three decades.

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By Anelise Borges
  • Ali KAZANCIGIL. Political analyst. Co-director of the journal Anatoli, CNRS Editions. Former Director, Int. Development of Social and Human Sciences, UNESCO;
  • Dorothée SCHMID. Director, Contemporary Turkey Program at IFRI;
  • Kendal NEZAN. President, Kurdish Institute of Paris. Board member, Washington Kurdish Institute;
  • Shwan ZULAL. Kurdish Blogger. Political & risk analyst (from London).

Produced by Anelise Borges, François Picard, Mary Colombel, Christopher Davis.

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