Turks-Koerdisch conflict #2

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Op dinsdag 22 juni 2010 17:43 schreef grwolf het volgende:
MHP heeft al aangegeven dat zij het Koerdische probleem binnen 6 maanden gaan oplosen

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Op dinsdag 22 juni 2010 18:08 schreef TeenWolf het volgende:

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Wat wil je met zo'n zware Amerikaanse bezettingsmacht aldaar. Wacht maar tot de Amerikanen weg zijn.....

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Op dinsdag 22 juni 2010 18:20 schreef TeenWolf het volgende:

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Neen, Irak zal weer zijn oude, door de VN erkende grondgebied terug willen.

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Op dinsdag 22 juni 2010 18:27 schreef TeenWolf het volgende:

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In Iraaks Koerdistan bestaat sinds 1993 een semi-onafhankelijke staat waarin de Koerden zichzelf besturen, met veel invloed van Bagdad

http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irak

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Op dinsdag 22 juni 2010 18:32 schreef TeenWolf het volgende:

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Als je al je commentaar leest van pakweg afgelopen week zou je dat wel inzien.

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Op dinsdag 22 juni 2010 18:35 schreef TeenWolf het volgende:

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Je snapt er geen hol van, laat maar.

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Op dinsdag 22 juni 2010 19:02 schreef TeenWolf het volgende:

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Het principe is precies hetzelfde en 2 staten (Turkije en Iran) die nooit autonomie, laat staan onafhankelijkheid zullen toestaan.

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Op dinsdag 22 juni 2010 19:22 schreef TeenWolf het volgende:

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oh?.....Omdat 2 landjes die Israel en Amerika heten ze bedreigen?

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Op dinsdag 22 juni 2010 19:26 schreef TeenWolf het volgende:

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Even iets anders, dat de turken ruzie hebben met de PKK voelen we toch niets van, maar wanneer donderstralen jullie op uit de EU?

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Op dinsdag 22 juni 2010 19:33 schreef TeenWolf het volgende:

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Niet nog meer bedelen he?!

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Q&A - Violence wrecks Turkey's opening to Kurds
Tue Jun 22, 2010 7:46pm ISTBy Ibon Villelabeitia

World

ANKARA (Reuters) - Kurdish separatist rebels have stepped up attacks against military targets in EU candidate Turkey, killing more than 50 soldiers over the last two months.

On Tuesday, a roadside bomb ripped through a bus carrying military personnel and their families in Turkey's largest city of Istanbul, killing five people, including a 17-year old girl.

The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK), believed to have links with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), the main Kurdish separatist group, claimed responsibility for the attack.

Turkish military forces are deploying troops and elite forces along the border with Iraq, where the outlawed PKK has bases.

Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, who faces an election by July 2011, is under pressure to curb escalating violence.

Below are some questions and answers about Turkey's Kurdish conflict.


WHAT HAPPENED TO GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO END VIOLENCE?

Erdogan's AK Party government granted more political and cultural rights to minority Kurds in a bid to end Turkey's decades' old conflict, which has claimed the lives of more than 40,000 people. But the "democratic opening" was met with nationalist opposition and suffered a blow when the Constitutional Court last year banned the largest Kurdish political party in parliament for its links to the PKK.

Hardening perceptions among Kurds that the government is not serious about reconciliation, some PKK members who returned to Turkey under a government amnesty plan have been arrested and charged. Dozens of Kurdish politicians, including mayors, and Kurdish journalists have been charged with supporting the PKK.

Citing lack of progress, jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan said last month there was no point in continuing peace efforts. This month the PKK scrapped a year-old unilateral ceasefire.


ARE ATTACKS LIKELY TO CONTINUE?

Turkey's top military commander General Ilker Basbug has warned of more attacks by the PKK, designated a terrorist group by Ankara, the European Union and Washington.

Tuesday's attack in Istanbul -- which bore the hallmarks of past bombings blamed on the PKK -- could signal an attempt by the rebels to take their campaign of violence from the mainly Kurdish southeast to Turkey's larger cities. The PKK has been weakened by Turkish military operations against its bases in northern Iraq over the last couple of years, but is still capable of launching headline-grabbing attacks.


IS A CROSS-BORDER OFFENSIVE IMMINENT?

Turkey began a major deployment of troops and elite forces along the Iraqi border after PKK rebels killed 11 soldiers at the weekend in one of the deadliest attacks for years. The deployment has boosted troop numbers well into the thousands.

In late 2007, a deadly PKK attack on a military unit was followed in early 2008 by a cross-border Turkish land offensive.

Erdogan is under pressure to take tough action against the PKK. Security analysts say NATO member Turkey is likely to increase air strikes against PKK positions in northern Iraq and may launch limited commando raids into northern Iraq rather than a large cross-border operation, which would take months in terms of building troops and logistics due to mountainous terrain.

Ankara will have to weigh political repercussions in the event it launches a cross-border operation, which could hurt its blossoming ties with Iraq's Kurdish autonomous government. A large-scale operation would not be welcomed by ally Washington, which provides the Turkish military with intelligence on PKK.

In any case, security analysts say any operation is unlikely to eradicate the PKK, but could disrupt its supply lines and push rebels deeper into the mountains for a short-term period.


WHAT IS THE MARKET IMPACT OF THE VIOLENCE?

Turkish bonds and lira weakened on Tuesday as investors feared Turkey's ethnic conflict in the mainly Kurdish southeast could spill into the country's cities. Analysts however said PKK violence was likely to have a limited impact unless violence escalated dramatically. Turkey's economy is expected to rebound strongly in 2010, with the IMF estimating 6.25 percent growth.

With each new attack stoking nationalist passions, a political solution becomes more elusive, further hindering economic development and much-needed investment in the region.

Political fallout could complicate the election prospects of the AK Party, favoured by investors for its pro-market policies. Opposition parties have accused Erdogan of making political decisions that have weakened the fight against the PKK and have increased calls for early elections.

Failure by the AK Party to win another parliamentary majority could bring a return of the fractious coalitions of the past. Some opinion polls have suggested the AK Party will struggle to win a clear-cut majority.

(Editing by Jon Boyle)