Turkey's Kurdish Question: New Opportunities and Challenges
Friday, December 10, 2010, 2:00 — 3:30 pm
The Brookings Institution, Saul/Zilkha Rooms, 1775 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC
In recent years Turkey has emerged as a global player with a vibrant economy and an ambitious new foreign policy characterized by growing self-confidence and enhanced activism. However, in many ways, Turkey’s lingering problem dealing with its Kurdish minority remains the country's Achilles’ heel. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government faces multiples challenges and new opportunities on the Kurdish front, and the issue has real potential to shape next year’s national elections. Even more broadly, the future of Turkish democracy and the success of its regional foreign policy may depend on how Ankara will handle the expectations of Turkey's Kurdish community.
On December 10, the Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings (CUSE) will host a discussion of the challenges and opportunities that Turkey faces in its effort to resolve the 26-year Kurdish insurgency. The discussion will feature two leading experts on Turkey and its Kurdish ethnic minority: Brookings Nonresident Senior Fellow Ömer Taşpınar and Henri Barkey of Lehigh University and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Senior Fellow Justin Vaïsse, CUSE director of research, will provide introductory remarks and moderate the discussion. After the program, the panelists will take audience questions.
On December 10, the Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings (CUSE) will host a discussion of the challenges and opportunities that Turkey faces in its effort to resolve the 26-year Kurdish insurgency. The discussion will feature two leading experts on Turkey and its Kurdish ethnic minority: Brookings Nonresident Senior Fellow Ömer Taşpınar and Henri Barkey of Lehigh University and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Senior Fellow Justin Vaïsse, CUSE director of research, will provide introductory remarks and moderate the discussion. After the program, the panelists will take audience questions.
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Justin Vaïsse
Senior Fellow and Director of Research, The Brookings Institution
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Panelists |
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Henri Barkey Professor, Lehigh University Visiting Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace |
Ömer Taşpınar Nonresident Senior Fellow The Brookings Institution |