Turkey’s Kurdish community divided over the country’s first presidential election

Journalism , Politics , Turkey Aug 08, 2014 No Comments

Bariş Çaycioğlu’s family has avoided discussing politics of late. With Turkey’s first presidential election less than a week away, they can’t quite seem to agree on which candidate to vote for.

“We find other things to discuss,” Mr Çaycioğlu said.

The Caycioglus are members of Turkey’s Kurdish community, the majority of which lives in the south-eastern region of the country.

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One of the most pressing concerns remains the continuation of the peace process that began in earnest in March last year, saw a withdrawal of the militant Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to Northern Iraq—there are large Kurdish minorities in Iraq, Syria and Iran—and brought relative peace to a region that has experienced little of it in the past 30 years.

Read the full article at ABC News.

Matthew Clayfield

Matthew Clayfield is a journalist, critic and screenwriter.

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