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<French #154>  France, Turkey, the PKK and Northern Syria - le 7 janvier 2023

   Today's article is about the Krudish attacks in Paris from "France 24" dated January 7, 2023.

 

French Original

La France, la Turquie, le PKK et le nord syrien

 

Près de deux semaines après la mort de trois Kurdes rue d'Enghien, plusieurs milliers de personnes venues de toute l'Europe ont assisté samedi à Paris aux commémorations de l'assassinat, il y a dix ans, de trois militantes kurdes dans la capitale. L'occasion pour notre correspondant en Turquie de revenir sur les incompréhensions qui minent les relations entre Paris et Ankara sur la question kurde, trop souvent confondue ou réduite avec celle du terrorisme.

 

English Translation

France, Turkey, the PKK and Northern Syria

 

Nearly two weeks after the death of three Kurds on the Enghien street, several thousand people from all over Europe attended the commemorations in Paris on Saturday of the assassination, ten years ago, of three Kurdish activists in the capital. The opportunity for our correspondent in Turkey to return to the lack of undersdanding that undermine relations between Paris and Ankara on the Kurdish question, too often confused or reduced with that of terrorism.

 

Words & Phrases

<A>

assassinat: assassination

assisté (assister): to assist, to attend

<C>

commémorations > commémoration: commemoration

confondue (confondre): confused (confuse)

correspondant: correspondent

<I>

incompréhensions > incompréhension: lack of understanding

<M>

militantes

minent > miner: to undermine

mort: death

<O>

occasion: opportunity, occasion

ont assisté à: have attended 

ou: or

<P>

PKK > Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan: Kurdistan Workers' Party

près: near

près de: nearly, almost

<R>

réduite (réduire): reduced (reduce) 

<S>

semaines > semaine: week

souvent: often

<T>

terrorisme: terrorism

trop: too

<V>

venues > venue: coming