Safe to say that The Troubles finally ended and the peace that came to Northern Ireland with Good Friday is healthy and robust. Here, I try to draw some lessons for the Kurdish conflict in Turkey.
You have done a very good summary comparison between the social maladies of two nations. However the intellectual maturity of the politicians and the majority of intelligencia were not the same. Actually before the attempted solution process, groups of mediator intellectuals have visited Ireland for apprehension and drawing conclusions from the peace process in Ireland. However as you also pointed out the process was hindered by a strong nationalist vein from all walks of politics (including my close friends) and the progress was faster than the social acceptance... End result was a guaranteed failure...
Halim,
You have done a very good summary comparison between the social maladies of two nations. However the intellectual maturity of the politicians and the majority of intelligencia were not the same. Actually before the attempted solution process, groups of mediator intellectuals have visited Ireland for apprehension and drawing conclusions from the peace process in Ireland. However as you also pointed out the process was hindered by a strong nationalist vein from all walks of politics (including my close friends) and the progress was faster than the social acceptance... End result was a guaranteed failure...
Very good observations. Thank you.