Executive presidency underway in Turkey?

By Caleb Lauer, 31 March 2015
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (photo credit: Adem Altan / AFP)
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (photo credit: Adem Altan / AFP)
<p>&nbsp;</p><p>During March 21 Nowruz celebrations, a letter from jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan was read out to supporters in which he once again called for the PKK to move towards disarming. Though not the peace breakthrough the government wanted, Ocalan’s message did show that the PKK is invested in making work its negotiations with the Turkish government to end a decades-long insurgency. Unfortunately, the occasion has been overshadowed by other developments that will affect the peace process.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>
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