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TURKISH OPPOSITION PARTY CALLS FOR FRESH TALKS WITH PKK
PanARMENIAN.Net
February 22, 2012 - 14:42 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) has called
on Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to create a delegation for
fresh talks with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), as the
only way out of the stalemate on the Kurdish problem, Hurriyet Daily
News reported.
The Justice and Development Party (AKP) "may have gained time
through the policies it follows, but it has lost altitude and is
about to crash," BDP co-chair Gultan KıÅ~_anak said at the party's
parliamentary group meeting.
"They must realize that buying time will not get a solution, and they
must start an honest, sincere and open process. They should openly
declare it this time," she said, referring to the earlier secret
talks that were leaked to the media last year.
"They should create a delegation to solve the Kurdish issue through
negotiation, and send the delegation to meet with all sides. This is
the only way they can solve this problem," KıÅ~_anak added. She used
Kurdish in the opening of her speech, to mark International Mother
Tongue Day.
Meanwhile, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli urged
Erdogan to re-focus on the Kurdish problem and raised the alarm that
Arab Spring uprisings were setting an example for Kurdish separatists
at home. "The prime minister and the government must immediately
return to Turkey's realities," he said.
From: Baghdasarian
PanARMENIAN.Net
February 22, 2012 - 14:42 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) has called
on Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to create a delegation for
fresh talks with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), as the
only way out of the stalemate on the Kurdish problem, Hurriyet Daily
News reported.
The Justice and Development Party (AKP) "may have gained time
through the policies it follows, but it has lost altitude and is
about to crash," BDP co-chair Gultan KıÅ~_anak said at the party's
parliamentary group meeting.
"They must realize that buying time will not get a solution, and they
must start an honest, sincere and open process. They should openly
declare it this time," she said, referring to the earlier secret
talks that were leaked to the media last year.
"They should create a delegation to solve the Kurdish issue through
negotiation, and send the delegation to meet with all sides. This is
the only way they can solve this problem," KıÅ~_anak added. She used
Kurdish in the opening of her speech, to mark International Mother
Tongue Day.
Meanwhile, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli urged
Erdogan to re-focus on the Kurdish problem and raised the alarm that
Arab Spring uprisings were setting an example for Kurdish separatists
at home. "The prime minister and the government must immediately
return to Turkey's realities," he said.
From: Baghdasarian