Nationalism and secularism

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Agreeing to give the Kurds some land would be a lot simpler and less costly ( in human terms ) than the current situation. The terrorists will subside when they have achieved their goals ( mostly, the extreme ones will go elsewhere, but they'd be terrorists no matter what) and you won't have to waste money on military to fight your countrymen with.

And I'm sure they will be content with receiving the most useless lands in all Turkey on which they are sitting on...If not for the rivers, their lands would be useless, really, their contribution to the overall agricultural output, at least the part that matters, is rather wanting. Besides, they have no natural resources at all, although some have said that there is oil to be found there, where the hell is it? Really, I believe that there is nothing of value in that god forsaken land. But it still is OUR land. Brave Turks have fought and died for every piece of it, while the kurds were busy staging rebellions, before and after our war for independence.

Agreeing to give them what they want will simply result in them wanting more.
Besides, they might be "my countrymen", but they are not of my kind. I do not view them as amongst my own nation, as they don't view me amongst their own. Our feelings for eachother are mutual. So why is it we that should give up and throw the towel?
But as I said, it's all to easy for you to speak, friend.
Speak. Words are meaningless. While the bones of our dead cry for vengeance, we should give them lands, money and infastructure, leave our ancestral monuments there, and let ourselves be treated like the egyptians were when Moses and the Israelites have looted Egypt before
starting their exodus?
No, the word is the word of the sword. Besides, you do not wage war against such rebellious people by the means of the army alone. The word of the sword is literal. You destroy their morale, you cut off their funding, you assasinate their leaders. After the kurds realize that this battle is a battle they cannot win, they will be sweeped down from their strongholds in Iraq by relentless bombings, and a large scale military operation by infantry and tanks. These were long stated by our military strategists, yet the governments except for some were unwilling to follow these policies, but who knows why(poltical corruption)..