Qandil - In a statement released on Monday, Murat Karayilan, a senior leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party, said that the main purpose of the Kurdish initiative of the AKP gov’t is to exterminate the PKK. The PKK blames both the opposition and the government of stopping a solution of the Kurdish question in Turkey.
Karayilan says the government is not focused on ‘ ‘the resolution of the Kurdish question, but targeting the annihilation of the PKK.’ The PKK also blames the Turkish military and gov’t for ignoring the ceasefire of the PKK. It also says the description of ‘peace delegations’ as a provocation, resulted in racist and chauvinist attacks.
According to the PKK it’s important that the Turkish government will discuss the Kurdish initiative on Friday 13 November, but it emphasizes that the PKK should not be ignored and be dealt with as a partner for dialogue. “[Solution of Kurdish issue] This firstly requires dialogue and negotiation. Recognition of Leader Apo, the PKK and the legal political movement as the interlocutors is an issue that needs to be discussed and clarified.”
The PKK thinks the solution is possible ‘’ within the framework of equal and free fraternity of Turkish and Kurdish peoples and with democratic autonomy, without infringing the borders of Turkey.’ It calls for constitutional changes to accept the Kurdish identity and culture. “This requires Turkey to create the conditions in which free and equal coexistence of the identity of Kurdish people should be constitutionally guaranteed as part of the democratic peoples of Turkey.”
The Kurdish rebel movement says the discussion of the Kurdish issue in the Turkish parliament is an opportunity. “The parliament should be able to discuss the development of a permanent resolution, but not through narrow political calculations and threats. They should make the decision to take serious steps towards peace for the resolution of this issue.”
The ruling Justice and Development Party decided to re-schedule the second debate on the Kurdish initiative for Friday after fierce criticism of the Turkish opposition parties CHP and MHP. "We believe that democratisation will resolve a terrorism problem that has ethnic nationalism at its root," Atalay told the assembly reports Middle East online. (Photo: Rudaw).
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