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The Kurdish question registered in two different ways in our corpus: the Turkey-side framing centres on PKK as terror, disarmament as the precondition for any political process, cross-border anti-YPG operations as legitimate counter-terror. The Syria-side framing centres on Damascus-SDF territorial reunification. Both can attach to the same title if publisher and anchor match — that is the correct outcome under 1-to-1.
Each card below is one coalition with its own frame on the same contested phenomenon.
Weekly attributed-headline count per narrative. Visual asymmetry is signal: some coalitions dominate the vocabulary, others stay sporadic.
Loaded vocabulary per coalition and recent headlines under each frame.
Per-week distribution of events on this friction node. Click a bar to see that week's top events.
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Other specific conflicts under the same umbrella conflict zone.
Turkish state desk framing: the PKK and its Syrian YPG / SDF affiliates are a unified terrorist organisation; the only acceptable political process is full disarmament and dissolution; cross-border operations against YPG positions in Syria and PKK leadership in Iraq are legitimate counter-terrorism; "terror-free Türkiye" is the binding state doctrine. Bahceli's 2024 opening and Ocalan's Imrali messaging are accepted only on these terms. The vocabulary: "PKK terror", "YPG/PKK extension", "terror-free Türkiye", "lay down arms", "Operation Claw", "Euphrates Shield", "cross-border counter-terror", "Qandil leadership decapitation". Prescription: continue cross-border operations until PKK is dissolved; condition any political accommodation on disarmament.
Western liberal, pan-Arab Al Jazeera, and Israeli centrist framing: Turkey's anti-PKK framing collapses legitimate Kurdish political representation (DEM Party, HDP heritage) into terror designation; YPG / SDF in Syria are democratic partners against ISIS, not PKK affiliates; Ocalan's Imrali messaging shows willingness for political resolution that Ankara repeatedly rejects; cross-border strikes risk regional escalation. The vocabulary: "Kurdish political rights", "DEM Party legitimacy", "democratic SDF", "Imrali process", "negotiated peace", "cross-border escalation", "minority rights". Prescription: separate political Kurdish representation from PKK terror designation; support DEM Party participation; protect SDF in Syria.