Mümtazer Türkone

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Turkish and Kurdish nationalism
22 August 2007

The new post-election parliament has a unique spectrum of parties. Unlike its monolithic predecessor, diversity has reared its head in the form of two ‘new’ parties. The first is the 38 year old Nationalist Movement Party (MHP). The second is the Democratic Society Party (DTP), which won its seats by fielding its candidates as independents. The former is the party of Turkish nationalists while the latter is the party of Kurdish nationalists. The MHP’s history dates back to what are (...)