World Service - A comprehensive analysis of 12 years of conversations with prominent Western experts brings a clear message: Washington and European capitals' support for the Kurds will not go to the point of disrupting the "nation-state" order and angering regional allies like Turkey, and this "glass ceiling" is the West's unchanging approach.
Garo Paylan, a former member of the Turkish parliament and a prominent advocate for minority rights, believes Turkey stands at a pivotal historical juncture; the simultaneous progress of dialogue between the Turkish government and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and efforts to normalize relations between Ankara and Yerevan could determine the fate of the historic "Kurdish issue" and "Armenian issue" for decades to come.
