turkey

which among the following governments has entered into a dialogue
with imprisoned Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan in order to convince the
Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to disarm?
[A]Saudi Arabia
[B]Turkey
[C]Afghanistan
[D]Egypt
Turkey
The Kurdish insurgency, now three decades old, has resulted in the deaths of some
40,000 people (mostly civilians) in the heavily Kurdish southeastern part of Turkey.
Last year, the conflict between the Turkish military and Kurdish guerrillas based in
northern Iraq intensified with a series of tit-for-tat attacks. Turkish security forces
killed almost 1,500 Kurdish guerillas last year alone. The PKK has sought to
establish an independent Kurdish homeland. Recently, the Turkish government has
entered into a dialogue with imprisoned Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan in
order to convince the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to disarm.







Turkey cuts off 20% oil imports from Iran amid US sanctions
20% of its Oil imports from Iran have been cut-off by Turkey. This was done in the wake of US Sanctions. Turkey’s
national oil company ‘Tupras’ held that the move follows an evaluation to
reduce crude purchases from Iran by 20%.
EU, which is halting Iranian oil imports from July 1, 2012 is also taking up other
sanctions that also make it harder for other countries to import Iranian oil.
In early March 2012, US granted exemptions to financial institutions from
Japan and 10 EU nations for reducing dependency on oil imports from Iran.

Now Turkey, which imports one third of its oil from Iran is seeking a similar exemption.
Turkish asserted that it would try to make up for lower imports from Iran by buying more crude from Libya.