THE GULF WAR AND TURKEY: REGIONAL CHANGES AND THEIR DOMESTIC EFFECTS (1991-2003)
Tags: PERSIAN Gulf War, 1991; TURKEY -- History -- 1960-; TURKEY -- Foreign relations -- 1980-; IRAQ -- History -- 1958-; ETHNIC conflict; KURDS -- History -- Autonomy & independence movements; NORTH Atlantic Treaty Organization; PARTIYA Karkeren Kurdistane; PATRIOTIC Union of Kurdistan; KURDISTAN Democratic Party
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