This article discusses the struggle that Turkey has with the PKK [a reorganized Kurdistan Workers' Party]. The PKK are based in Iraq. The PKK are considered terrorists, and they fight with Turkey, each side killing many of the people on the other side. It tells us that the U.S in unsure whether to help Turkey militaristically, or to try and convince the two sides to come to a peaceful standstill. Though the PKK had been defeated once before, it has resurged with new hostility, and people are surprised that it is as strong as it is now. The fight between Turkey at the PKK has killed over 40 thousand people in the last twenty years. Though the U.S considers PKK a terrorist group, it is unwilling to help because before, when the PKK leader was captured, Turkey promised to do something about the Kurdish issue to ease the hostility, but it did nothing.

 

The author shows some bias against Turkey, because it shows all the reasons why the US is unwilling to help them, and what they did wrong when dealing with the PKK before. However, they also seem biased against the PKK because they establish them as terrorists and tell what a threat they are.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JF03Ak03.html