The difference today is that almost everybody, be they Kurdish, secular or anti-army, is under pressure.

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Certainly, when a party is banned (they tend to be either pro-Kurdish or pro-Islamic) its members usually come together under a new banner.

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In an Iraq with a devolved Kurdish region, they would be expected to lead some kind of power-sharing government despite years of often violent rivalry.

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He has even said that Turks should be free to speak whatever language they want, a nod in the direction of Kurdish cultural rights.

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They have a list of 10 demands they presented during their campaign, including greater autonomy, the right to be educated in the Kurdish language, and greater responsibility for their own security.

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If Turkey wishes to be accepted as a full democracy, it will have to allow those who want more religion in the affairs of state to argue for it, so long as they do so peacefully and democratically just as those who want Kurdish autonomy will have to be allowed to argue for that.

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