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There is no question that the “Kurdish Problem”, “Turkish-Kurdish Conflict”, or the “Kurdish Question” is one of the main political problems to be resolved in Turkish politics. Due to Kurdish problem, PKK terrorism caused the death of more than 40.000 citizens in Türkiye since the 1980s. As a Western-oriented country trying to preserve and develop its democratic regime, Türkiye has tried many different policies to prevent PKK terrorism including harsh anti-terror measures, politicization of the problem via allowing pro-Kurdish political parties to enter into the Turkish parliament as well as peace talks with the terrorists. However, these efforts did not put an end to PKK terrorism so far. On the contrary, due to the civil war in Syria, PKK offshoot organizations such as the PYD and the YPG gained large ground in Syria and took Western countries' political, economic, and military support. In that sense, Kurdish Question is still very critical for the future of the regime in Türkiye. This article aims to analyze main Turkish political parties' approach to Kurdish Question by analyzing their programs and election bulletins.

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