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Özlem Kayhan Pusane

Özlem Kayhan Pusane is associate professor of international relations at Işık University in Istanbul.

Turkish Opposition Parties Grapple with the Kurdish Question
Turkey’s main opposition parties, dubbed the “table of six,” meet to announce their joint plan to slash presidential powers and strengthen the role of parliament if they win the next election, in Ankara, February 28, 2022. Cagla Gurdogan/Reuters
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Turkish Opposition Parties Grapple with the Kurdish Question

Özlem Kayhan Pusane argues that the Kurdish question in general, and the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in particular, will occupy a critical place on the Turkish political agenda in the run up to the summer 2023 presidential and parliamentary elections. After the leader of Turkey’s mai
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