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Encyclopedic Turkish-English Dictionary for readers of Turkish newspapers, periodicals, and non-fiction books Index to the Turkish Newsreaders' Dictionary pages... Related Pages: Ottoman Empire Encyclopedia, Index Turkish Culture -- Two Turkish traditions we especially like Turkish Culture -- 4 things you shouldn't do in Turkey Turkish Culture -- 5 things you should do in Turkey Turkish Superstitions Famous Femmes of Modern Turkish History Actress Suzan Avcı -- Born To Be Bad Circumcision and what many Turks believe about Westerners Turkish Movies, Index Turkish Movies - Best-Looking Bad Girl of the 1970s, Sevda Ferdağ Bad Girls of the 1970s Turkish Cinema, Aliye Rona Best and Worst Turkish Movies - with a religious theme (Dini Motifli Filmler) Sultry Aynur Aydan - The Woman Who Brought Down The Minister [A] [B] [C] [Ç] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [İ] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [Ö] [P] [R] [S] [Ş] [T] [U] [Ü] [V] [Y] [Z] [Sources] Cultural Factoid The Diyarbakır Region -- troubled but enduring The territory around Diyarbakır province has been 'troubled' for a very long time. Some historians claim that its headaches began as many as 8,000 years ago, with the emergence of a warlike culture called the 'Halaf'. And a steady stream of clashes, conflicts, and controversies has followed Diyarbakır down the ages -- right up to the present-day, with its ethnic strife and the ominous-sounding "Kurdish Question". Yet, Turkish Kurds (unlike their Syrian, Iraqi, Iranian, Armenian, and Russian counterparts) have a growing identity. And one has high hopes that the Turkish Government and her loyal Diyarbakırlı citizens can work out their differences peacefully -- in light of the recent (though by no means complete) decline of the deadly Kurdish terrorist group, the PKK.

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