Today's Washington Post has story about Kurds in Turkey

There was a very interesting article in the Oct. 16 Washington Post about Kurds in Turkey. Like many things in my father's country, it is a politically sensitive controversial issue. The article talked about the pressures that Ankara faces in trying to make life more democratic for Kurdish citizens who live predominantly in Eastern Turkey though they have a large population in Istanbul. And, it also talked about the pressures that the Kurds have from Ankara in moving away from the political/terrorist group The Kurdish Workers Party (PKK), which was headed by Abdullah Ocalan who was captured in Kenya and is now serving a life sentence. The article also went into the complications of the War in Iraq, which also has a large Kurdish population. There was a civil war between government forces and the PKK from the mid-80s up until Ocalan's capture. Ocalan surprised authorities by requesting a cease-fire. It has held up, but a reemergence of Kurdish terrorist activities, including a tour bus explosion in the Aegean resort of Kusadasi has occured this year. However, with no PKK, it is hard to know who is directly  responsible for such incidents.