No . Not separatism . Though I know that is what many Armenian Dashnags and Kurdish PKK , et al ultranationalists want . I don ' t think that ' s a smart way to go about invigorating eastern Anatolia . I think an experiment in multiculturalism is in the right spirit . But not like in Europe . I can ' t imagine it or postulate further on what I envision because it ' s obvious to me that neither the current Turkish government nor the PKK would be amenable to it . Heck , it makes me laugh and wince just going over it in my head . But I see eastern Anatolia being a spark , if not center , of not only agricultural endeavors but engineering and ITscientific research endeavors as well . Everyone living out there is resourceful . Stop government handouts and start actual infrastructureeducational investment . The government has to be on the side of success in the region , not failure . With the aftermaths of the failed coup , however , I don ' t think Turkey is currently ready to try anything as fringe or experimental as this . It might not even have the infrastructure capability to do it . Think about Lebanon or Cuba in the 40 s and 50 s .