Word: turkish
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...gulf war ended a year ago. If America wanted Saddam Hussein toppled by Kurds and Shi'ites, this should have been done by now. There is already an uprising in northern Iraq, and the people of Kurdish origin, of Turkish origin, of Iraqi origin, are miserable. There is no government control. There are tribes, mostly Kurdish, controlling the region. How can these poor people topple Saddam? Furthermore, I don't think anyone wants the Shi'ites to topple Saddam. That would mean an Iranian-style regime. I don't think Iraq's neighbors would be very happy about that...
...These Kurds are not a colonized people. They have the same rights as all Turkish citizens. We do not intend to let anything inhuman happen to the Turkish Kurds, but separatism cannot develop the country, and bloodshed is no answer. For those who cause bloodshed we will have no mercy. We cannot use the same methods as the terrorist groups, but this problem irritates us, that is for sure...
...Irano-Turkish Ambiance of Medieval Armenian Poetry: A Case-Study of Erznka--S. Peter Cowe, professor, Columbia University. Room 201, 6 Divinity Avenue...
...Desert Storm, and some of those operate out of Incirlik in Turkey. The Turks might never let them take off. Ankara's top priority is to prevent formation of anything resembling an independent Kurdish state inside Iraq that inevitably would try to break off a piece of Turkey; Turkish troops already have exchanged fire with Turkish Kurd + guerrillas operating out of Iraq...
Schimmel and Associate Professor of Indo-Muslim Culture Ali S. Asani are the only professors at the University who teach courses specifically on South Asian Islamic culture and civilization. In addition, Schimmel teaches Persian and Turkish while Asani is the only scholar who teaches Hindi and Urdu...