Turkish Protests, Syria Crisis Will Boost Turkey-PKK Peace Process

29 July 2013 / Carnegie Endowment for International Peace – OP-ED – The Gezi Park protests in Istanbul’s Taksim Square, which shook Turkey at the end of May, represent a turning point in Turkey’s contemporary political history. Although their main target was Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his style of government, the protests, in combination with developments in Syria’s civil war, will have significant consequences for the ongoing peace process with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). At the same time, the need to effectively address the Kurdish issue could accelerate recent shifts in Turkey’s stance on the Syrian crisis. http://carnegieendowment.org/2013/07/29/turkish-protests-syria-crisis-will-boost-turkey-pkk-peace-process/ggqq