The Turkish opposition
The main opposition party will lose in June, but it is looking more coherent
Apr 28th 2011
TUNCELI
from the print edition
IN 1938 Turkey’s army crushed a rebellion in the south-eastern province of Tunceli. Villagers were burned alive or gassed. The government admitted that around 15,000 mainly Alevi Kurds, who practise a liberal version of Islam, had died, though survivors spoke of at least twice as many. The tragedy is one of the darkest pages in modern Turkish history and remains taboo because it took place when Ataturk was alive and the secular Republican People’s Party (CHP) that he founded was running the country. Locals say this makes it a miracle that their own Kemal Kilicdaroglu, whose father was then among thousands of exiled Alevis, is now the CHP’s leader....more...
read more: the economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18621453
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