What’s more important, however, is the historic overlapping between “masses in the Middle East turning into actors,” and “popularization of the Kurdish question.” Plus, any kind of cause and demands defended by the popularization in consequence of the “Arab Spring” in the region become legitimate in the eye of the world. Popularization has now become a machine of legitimacy. Expected victory of the ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, in the June 12 [2011] elections will not change the fact that the Kurdish question is the “Achilles’ heel” of Turkey. Even more so, the Kurdish question has become more sensitive “Achilles’ heel” of Turkey because of the “Arab Spring.”
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