But even if no one is ever convicted of pulling the trigger that day in Paris, the murders are an important moment in Kurdish-Turkish relations, carrying the issue across oceans, and clarifying a few key components along the way.

Jenna Krajeski on the murder of three Kurdish women in women in Paris: http://nyr.kr/YqxucE

Photograph: Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty

(Source: newyorker.com)

Jenna Krajeski on the end of the Kurdish hunger strike in Turkish prisons, and the possibility of making gains with non-violence: It’s “a victory for both sides, especially as both come out looking more humane: the government because it negotiated before people began to die, and the P.K.K. because it engaged in a successful nonviolent protest… Fighting intensifies the stand-off, making negotiations more difficult… And Turkey needs negotiations.” Continue reading: http://nyr.kr/QtceP4

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