Tulin Daloglu from The Washinton Times reports that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice may travel to Turkey for an international conference primarily aimed at helping Iraq's security situation. Daloglu says that Turkey is changing in terms of democracy and rights of Kurds:

"The idea that human-rights abuses in Turkey exclusively target Kurds is a myth. When the system is corrupt, when democracy is not well established, when the justice system is the weakest link among state institutions, then all people suffer from wrongdoing, regardless of their ethnic or religious background. Kurds have equal rights as Turkish citizens. The late Turgut Ozal, a Turkish president, Hikmet Cetin, a former chairman of the parliament, and Ibrahim Tatlises, one of the country's most popular singers, are a few of those who have benefited from those rights."

However, the main challange for Turks is the U.S.' policy in Iraq:

"When Turkey was founded, being a Turk only meant being a citizen of the republic. Today, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says that "it is not possible to call Kurds 'Turks.' " A recent public opinion poll conducted for Milliyet, a prominent Turkish newspaper, reveals that the majority no longer define themselves as "Turks," but prioritize their ethnicity. Apparently, Turkey is changing. And two questions remain unresolved: what people understand change to be -- unity or separation -- and what the U.S. end goal for the Kurds is."