Turkey's Kurdish problem: Steps toward a solution

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-172

  Uslu, Emrullah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 33846055334     PISSN: 1057610X     EISSN: 15210731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10576100601101059     Document Type: Article

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