While AKP government is trying to solve the Kurdish problem with Special Forces and kontrguerrilla, conservative and Islamist groups criticised AKP policies. Islamist NGO’s including Mazlum-Der and Özgür-Der called for laying down the weapons and finding a peaceful solution for the Kurdish problem.
Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Taksim Square in Istanbul on Sunday while calling the PKK to declare a ceasefire called the Turkish government to stop the military operations.
Speaking at the demonstration chair of Mazlum-Der Ahmet Faruk Ünsal criticised AKP government for its promises which have never been realised and said: “It is not possible to negotiate over peace while the clashes are continuing. Therefore, the PKK should declare a ceasefire and the state should top military operation.”
Ünsal further stated that the amendments in Anti-terror law regarding stone-throwing children are inadequate and what Turkey needs is a democratic administrative reform and an amnesty.