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Erdoğan’s Kurdish Initiative & the Logic of Arresting His Opponent

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By Recep Onursal
| Just Security Verified
The shocking – though arguably not surprising – arrest of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s main rival, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, might have seemed in contradiction to Erdogan’s budding rapprochement with another longtime source of opposition, the Kurds. Yet İmamoğlu’s arrest only sharpens the contradictions at the heart of Erdoğan’s strategy. In fact, the arrest fits squarely within Erdoğan’s longstanding governance playbook.
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Turkey’s Suppression of the Kurds Fuels a Deadly Armed Conflict

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By Recep Onursal
| Greek Reporter Verified
Kurds are often denied equal access to political representation, economic resources and cultural freedoms in Turkey. Since the 1980s, Turkey has been engaged in a conflict with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, which has resulted in over 40,000 deaths. By Recep Onursal The world has 91 democracies and 88 autocracies. Yet 71% of the world’s population (some 5.7 billion people) are living under autocratic rule, a big jump from 48% ten years ago.
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Turkey’s suppression of the Kurdish political movement continues to fuel a deadly armed conflict

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By Recep Onursal
| Tolerance Canada
By Recep Onursal, Lecturer in International Relations, University of Kent The world has 91 democracies and 88 autocracies. Yet 71% of the world’s population (some 5.7 billion people) are living under autocratic rule, a big jump from 48% ten years ago. This trend towards authoritarianism can clearly be seen in Turkey. Since President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan took office in 2003, he has gradually centralised power by systematically suppressing any political opposition.
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