Page 222 - America's Failure to Perceive the PKK

This sly change of language is nothing other than the harbinger
of a grave disaster. This change of language is a portent that the PKK
(and elements supported by the PKK) has gone into action using more
cunning tactics from the inside, in addition to their usual guerrilla
methods. The first portent of this disaster was the local elections held
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on March 30 , 2014.

T The 2014 local elections and the

announcement of a cunning tactic

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Looking at the preparations for the March 30 , 2014 local elec-
tions across Turkey as a whole, the resulting picture is one that

should never have emerged, with some parties not planning any elec-
tion rallies in the Southeast at all. Although they should have been
able to go and hold rallies in those areas, opposition parties that
should have embraced the people there were unable to go to the
Southeast part of Turkey because their safety could not be guaran-
teed. They were unable to embrace their own people on their own
lands.

Even AKP deputies said that they were unable to travel freely in
the Southeast, that it was difficult for them to hold rallies, and that
party members in district party offices weren't able to hold welcom-
ing parties. AKP deputy Orhan Miroğlu described the situation in the

words, "Fear can get the best of people."

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