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AMBASSADOR LOGOGLU: There are three parts about the Kurdish issue in Turkey. One is that there is really no. . .consensus, not even sufficient clarity, on what the Kurdish problem in Turkey is. There are many aspects to it. There are many interpretations of what it is and what it is not, but in my judgment Turkish society is not at the point where there is a general agreement as to what constitutes "the Kurdish problem."
The second point, the second fact, is there is even less agreement and less appreciation of the connection between the Kurdish issue on the one hand and terrorism and PKK terrorism on the other hand. Obviously, there are causal links between the two, but what they are and what they mean is not sufficiently debated and certainly not appreciated in Turkey -- and elsewhere. I mean, it's not just in Turkey. The same applies to Washington.
And the third point follows from the first two. Because you don't agree on the nature of the problem, on the relationship between PKK and terrorism, there is a very little agreement on how you want to solve this problem and the resolution of the problem.
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