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Turkey: The Missing Link?

... Turkish authorities: the PKK crossed the line in its relations with Ankara, which had in recent years adopted a passive stance towards jihadists (if not supporting them), counter to the interests of the Kurds. REUTERS/Huseyin Aldemir Pavel Shlykov: Suruc Terrorist Attack in the Context of the Political Struggle in Turkey These attacks and retaliatory moves by the Turkish authorities put an end to the ceasefire between Ankara and the PKK, which had lasted for over two years. And the events occurred at a delicate time for Turkey: a government has still to be formed ...

28.07.2015

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Suruc Terrorist Attack in the Context of the Political Struggle in Turkey

... on July 10 was not taken seriously is the fact that, out of the 27 people detained as part of the operation, 20 were soon released , and only one of the six ISIS militants was arrested. The vulnerability of the argument that the terrorist attack in Suruc occurred as a reaction to Turkey stepping up its fight against ISIS lies in the fact that in spring 2014, when there was not even a whisper about anti-ISIS operations, a number of similarly devastating attacks were carried out by extremists on Turkish soil. Now, at a time of political ...

23.07.2015

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