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German Marshall Fund of the United States &#187; Kurdistan</title>
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Kurdish Peace Process Remains on Track</title>
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Turkey’s Second Kurdish Opening: Light at the End of the Tunnel or Another Failed Attempt?</title>
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Turkey’s Iraq Challenge</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
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Turkey and the Kurds: The Blood-Stained Path to Peace </title>
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Turkey&#8217;s Third Wave &#8212; And the Coming Quest for Strategic Reassurance</title>
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