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Cagri Ozdemir talks Turkey and the Kurds

Turkey has been criticsed for its indecisiveness over the PKK and Islamic State fighting in Kobane
Scores of Kurdish protesters have died during protests in Turkey (MEE/Alex MacDonald)

Cagri Ozdemir, freelance journalist and commentator, speaks to MEE's Arwa Ibrahim about the fallout from the Kurdish protests in Turkey, the government's political strategy on Kobane and the political legacy for the Justice and Development Party.

http://youtu.be/cXdg4iv2t28

Interviewer: Arwa Ibrahim
Shot/Edited: Alex MacDonald 

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