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Why does Sweden support Kurdish separatists in Turkey?
There is a significant Kurdish minority in Sweden, about 100,000 people. In the 1960s Sweden was suffering a labour shortage and had an open immigration policy, which encouraged numbers of Near and ...
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Why does Sweden support Kurdish separatists in Turkey?
I believe that Sweden supports Kurdish separatism because that's the proper thing to do for any humanitarian democracy.
In my perception, other European countries do just the same as Sweden. Turkey ...
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Did the Iraqi central government explicitly object to (or approve of) any deals by Russian oil & gas companies with the Kurdish Regional Government?
Yes, subsequent to the judgement of the Iraqi court invalidating KRG's Oil and Gas laws, Baghdad has threatened legal action against oil companies in the region. It has threatened to block vessels ...
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Why does Sweden support Kurdish separatists in Turkey?
The sources here and here state that Erdogan's requirement could be unpopular with Swedish voters. Instead, Sweden’s diplomats would likely prefer allies to pressure Turkey not to block Sweden’s entry ...
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