In the spring of 2009, the government of Turkey began making noises about > significant reform to enhance the political and cultural rights of the > country's millions of Kurds. In the summer, the Kurdish militia leader > Abdullah Ocalan sent word from his island prison that he had drafted a "road > map" to peace with the Turkish state. But as autumn fades into winter, the > government has scaled its rhetoric of change way back, blaming the Kurds for > the missed opportunity. Has another of Turkey's "Kurdish openings" come and > gone? > > Marlies Casier, Andy Hilton and Joost Jongerden outline the contours of the > "'Road Maps' and Roadblocks in Turkey's Southeast," now available in Middle > East Report Online: > http://www.merip.org/mero/mero103009.html > > Also, Kerem Oktem and the photographer Yusuf Sayman visit the walled city > of Surici in the unofficial capital of the southeast, Diyarbakir: > http://www.merip.org/mero/mero103009_sidebar.html > > And also, Karim Zibari of the Kurdistan Regional Government (Iraq) and Quil > Lawrence exchange letters to the editor: > http://www.merip.org/mero/mero100109_letters.html > > > Middle East Report Online is a free service of the Middle East Research > and Information Project (MERIP). > > > ________________________________________________ YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
