From Denial to Participation: Turkey's Evolving Disclosure on Kurdish Nationalism

Kurdish nationalism has been a central issue in domestic Turkish politics since the founding of the republic nearly a century ago. Since 1984, the insurgency waged by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has claimed the lives of over forty thousand citizens on both sides of the conflict. While Ankara has largely attempted to address the "Kurdish question" via military and security measures, unprecedented negotiations in the last year have raised hopes that a peace settlement may finally be wi...