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Turkey's Kurds await economic returns to end the insurgency
4/7/2015
Analysts say that the Kurdish areas in Turkey could see an economic boom, and that put an end to the Kurdish rebellion in the southeast of the country could lead to open the doors of trade with Iran and Iraq, but also Syria's future and stimulate the local economy, trailing behind development in other parts of Turkey.
Escalated the hopes of the population in the Kurdish areas of Turkey out of the clutches of poverty, since jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan last month announced that it was time to end the armed conflict lasted three decades and has killed 40 people dead and disrupted development in the region.
That raised hopes of breathing life back into the area where the household income is half the national average in Turkey, despite the richness of agricultural land and marble quarries and the chances of having a great wealth of oil and gas in its interior, as well as its proximity to the export markets.
And still talks, which began over two years ago between the Kurdistan Workers' Party, which belongs to Ocalan and the Turkish state in a sensitive stage is likely to be any peace dividend slow.
Each of the parties in the other suspect strongly skeptical about many of the locals in the government's ability to support growth in the region and the pace of the economy differ greatly from the rest of the country.
This suggests the emergence of new commercial centers in Diyarbakir, the main city in the region, with some prosperity in some neighborhoods, which are made up of rows of apartment buildings that do not distinguish a clear identity outside the ancient city dating back to the Byzantine era markets.
The agricultural land in the very fertility in the area visited by many businessmen to invest in them, but they continue to wait until the peace take root.
16 percent official unemployment rate Kurdish areas, but analysts appreciate by about 40 percent
Alican Abidin said Ihsanoglu president of the Association of local business, "this area thirsty for peace 30 years ago. Two years which began operation in which softened the tension and people started investing. But the unrest stopped everything again. "
Firat Wanli mayor in Diyarbakir and said he "must apply positive discrimination public investments serious as in other areas. This will reduce unemployment and poverty, underdevelopment and regional income disparities. "
The official unemployment rate in the Kurdish areas, about 16 percent, but local businessmen say that this figure does not take into account the fact that tens of thousands of people working in seasonal jobs and are not registered as researchers for work. They add that the real unemployment rate is closer to 40 percent.
And exposed cattle that were a major economic activity destroyed by the conflict, which began in 1984, when the PKK launched an armed rebellion spark breeding.
The feeling of insecurity is greatest in rural areas and led to the obstruction of agriculture and the development of the mining sector.
Said JP Morgan investment after a visit to Turkey last month that the clients feel that the country is "in need of new opportunities to attract new capital," and pointed to the possibility of an economic renaissance in the Kurdish region as one of the examples.
Ahmet Davutoglu announced projects range of $ 10 billion to revive the region's economy
He said in a report that "the completion of the Kurdish peace process and has followed the dam disparities in income as well as the possibilities open Iranian and Syrian markets ... is one of the main potential opportunities."
A time when the region has gone through the source of one-third of Turkey's exports to China marble. This level has dropped to about five now.
The government reiterates its commitment to invest in the region, where Prime Minister Ahmed Davutoglu revealed last month, for projects with a total investment of $ 10 billion to revive the plan due to the dozens of years, aims to increase the power generation capacity of water resources and irrigation, agriculture known as the Southeastern Anatolia Project Group.
He said in a speech in the southeastern city of Mardin, said the project "will be a source of inspiration and a source of strength to Syria and Iraq in one day when violence disappears in these two countries."
The ruling Justice and Development Party, says he pumped about $ 5.4 billion in infrastructure, housing, agriculture, education and health projects in Diyarbakir province alone during 12 years in power.
He adds that the region's exports have doubled 10 times to reach about $ 10 billion, despite the fact that critics of the government say that two-thirds of that trade comes from Gaziantep province, to the west it is untouched by the conflict with the PKK. The Diyarbakir province, home to 1.6 million people, exports amounted to $ 313 million last year.
The cease-fire went into effect two years ago has generally resisted although sporadic violence continued, the militants burned cars and detained workers hostage in some construction projects carried out by the state, such as military installations, airports and dams.
In October last year, dozens of people were killed in the protests launched by the anger of the Kurds in Turkey saw negative attitude of the militants organize Daash, who was trapped in the Kurdish city of Kobanî the other side of the Syrian border.
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4/7/2015
Analysts say that the Kurdish areas in Turkey could see an economic boom, and that put an end to the Kurdish rebellion in the southeast of the country could lead to open the doors of trade with Iran and Iraq, but also Syria's future and stimulate the local economy, trailing behind development in other parts of Turkey.
Escalated the hopes of the population in the Kurdish areas of Turkey out of the clutches of poverty, since jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan last month announced that it was time to end the armed conflict lasted three decades and has killed 40 people dead and disrupted development in the region.
That raised hopes of breathing life back into the area where the household income is half the national average in Turkey, despite the richness of agricultural land and marble quarries and the chances of having a great wealth of oil and gas in its interior, as well as its proximity to the export markets.
And still talks, which began over two years ago between the Kurdistan Workers' Party, which belongs to Ocalan and the Turkish state in a sensitive stage is likely to be any peace dividend slow.
Each of the parties in the other suspect strongly skeptical about many of the locals in the government's ability to support growth in the region and the pace of the economy differ greatly from the rest of the country.
This suggests the emergence of new commercial centers in Diyarbakir, the main city in the region, with some prosperity in some neighborhoods, which are made up of rows of apartment buildings that do not distinguish a clear identity outside the ancient city dating back to the Byzantine era markets.
The agricultural land in the very fertility in the area visited by many businessmen to invest in them, but they continue to wait until the peace take root.
16 percent official unemployment rate Kurdish areas, but analysts appreciate by about 40 percent
Alican Abidin said Ihsanoglu president of the Association of local business, "this area thirsty for peace 30 years ago. Two years which began operation in which softened the tension and people started investing. But the unrest stopped everything again. "
Firat Wanli mayor in Diyarbakir and said he "must apply positive discrimination public investments serious as in other areas. This will reduce unemployment and poverty, underdevelopment and regional income disparities. "
The official unemployment rate in the Kurdish areas, about 16 percent, but local businessmen say that this figure does not take into account the fact that tens of thousands of people working in seasonal jobs and are not registered as researchers for work. They add that the real unemployment rate is closer to 40 percent.
And exposed cattle that were a major economic activity destroyed by the conflict, which began in 1984, when the PKK launched an armed rebellion spark breeding.
The feeling of insecurity is greatest in rural areas and led to the obstruction of agriculture and the development of the mining sector.
Said JP Morgan investment after a visit to Turkey last month that the clients feel that the country is "in need of new opportunities to attract new capital," and pointed to the possibility of an economic renaissance in the Kurdish region as one of the examples.
Ahmet Davutoglu announced projects range of $ 10 billion to revive the region's economy
He said in a report that "the completion of the Kurdish peace process and has followed the dam disparities in income as well as the possibilities open Iranian and Syrian markets ... is one of the main potential opportunities."
A time when the region has gone through the source of one-third of Turkey's exports to China marble. This level has dropped to about five now.
The government reiterates its commitment to invest in the region, where Prime Minister Ahmed Davutoglu revealed last month, for projects with a total investment of $ 10 billion to revive the plan due to the dozens of years, aims to increase the power generation capacity of water resources and irrigation, agriculture known as the Southeastern Anatolia Project Group.
He said in a speech in the southeastern city of Mardin, said the project "will be a source of inspiration and a source of strength to Syria and Iraq in one day when violence disappears in these two countries."
The ruling Justice and Development Party, says he pumped about $ 5.4 billion in infrastructure, housing, agriculture, education and health projects in Diyarbakir province alone during 12 years in power.
He adds that the region's exports have doubled 10 times to reach about $ 10 billion, despite the fact that critics of the government say that two-thirds of that trade comes from Gaziantep province, to the west it is untouched by the conflict with the PKK. The Diyarbakir province, home to 1.6 million people, exports amounted to $ 313 million last year.
The cease-fire went into effect two years ago has generally resisted although sporadic violence continued, the militants burned cars and detained workers hostage in some construction projects carried out by the state, such as military installations, airports and dams.
In October last year, dozens of people were killed in the protests launched by the anger of the Kurds in Turkey saw negative attitude of the militants organize Daash, who was trapped in the Kurdish city of Kobanî the other side of the Syrian border.
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