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By Henri J. Barkey,Morton Abramowitz

The Kurds, one of many oldest ethnic teams within the center East, are reasserting their identity—politically and during violence. Divided as a rule between Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria, the Kurds have posed more and more sharp demanding situations to all of those states of their quest for higher autonomy if no longer outright independence. Turkey's primarily democratic constitution and civil society_ideal instruments for dealing with and incorporating minority challenge_have thus far been suspended in this factor, which the govt. is treating nearly solely as a safety challenge to be handled through strength. For the West the placement in Turkey is especially major due to the country's value within the quarter and due to the industrial, political, and diplomatic harm that the clash has triggered. If Turkey fails to discover a relaxed resolution inside of its present borders, then the outlook is grim for ethnic and separatist demanding situations in other places within the sector. This learn explores the roots, dimensions, personality, and evolution of the matter, deals a number of ways to a solution of the clash, and attracts broader parallels among the Kurdish query and different separatist events worldwide.

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